A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold.
Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border.
Average image size approx 9" x 6.25" or 22.25cm x 16cm
This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description.
1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
PLYMOUTH HOE.
Plymouth stands, with its allies of Stonehouse and Devonport, on the tongue of land between the mouths of the Plym and the Tamar. Its dockyard and shipping interests are immense, besides which it is strongly fortified, and is the first and last port of call for the Peninsular and Oriental,, Royal Mail, Orient, and other great steamer services. The Hoe is a grass plateau, commanding extensive views, with a fine promenade pier and pavilion. It is a site of historic interest, for here Drake and his companions were playing their game of bowls when news was brought of the Armada being sighted. The tercentenary memorial and a statue of Sir Francis commemorate this and Smeaton's old Eddystone Lighthouse, lately replaced owing to the decay of the rock beneath, is re-erected here as a memorial of that great engineer.