Blockhouse Brighthelmstone, Sussex.

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Digital Media Bank ID: 40731
Original Filename: fa203125_d01.jpg
Description: Image of topographic print from Fine Art collection.
Categories: Collections/ Fine Art/ Topographic Prints  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: Public Domain / CC0
Object or Artwork info
Type (of Object or Artwork): Engraving
Title (of Artwork / Object): Blockhouse Brighthelmstone, Sussex.
Creator (of Artwork / Object): Grose, Francis.; Godfrey
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): 1761
Description (Object or Artwork): The blockhouse was erected on the edge of the cliff near the southern end of Middle Street. It consited of a small circular building, 50' in diameter, 18' high, with walls 7' or 8' thick, in which there were arched recesses for keeping powder and shot. This view shows the ruins of the blockhouse and several cottages near by. Cliffs in front are covered in vegetation. Two men bottom left one holding a stick in his right hand towards the cliff. There are boulders on the beach. Duplicate
Source (of Object / Artwork): Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Place:
Latitude: 50.8202
Longitude: -0.1434
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Media: Image
Size: 1.45 MB; 1950 x 1390 pixels; 165 x 118 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Landscape
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Linked Accession no.: FA203125