Dover Castle, Kent (From the Ramsgate Road) after William Henry Bartlett - c1840

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Dover Castle, Kent (From the Ramsgate Road) after William Henry Bartlett - c1840:
$6.20

An Antique

Line Engraving

\"Dover Castle, Kent\"

(From the Ramsgate Road)

Engraved by R. Wallis for the original work of William Henry Bartlett

Produced in London

circa 1840

This item comprises theimage as described above in good condition for its age.

NB: This item is being offered, suitably mounted, ready for framing.

FORMAT

Overall Size:-8 1/4\" x 11 3/4\" approx including the mount

Image Size:- 4 3/4\" x 7\" approx

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About the Subject..

Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England.

It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent\'s administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover.

The surrounding chalk cliffs have become known as the White Cliffs of Dover, and the narrow sea passage nearby – the Strait of Dover.

Its strategic position has been evident throughout its history: archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain. The name of the town derives from the name of the river that flows through it, the River Dour. The town has been inhabited since the Stone Age according to archaeological finds, and Dover is one of only a few places in Britain – London and Cornwall being other examples – to have a corresponding name in the French language, Douvres.Dover’s name originated with its river – the River Dour, deriving from the Brythonic Dubras (\"the waters\"), via its Latinised form of Dubris.

The cliffs also gave England its ancient name of Albion (\"white\"). The Romans called it ’’Portus Dubris’’; the modern name was in use at least by the time Shakespeare wrote King Lear (between 1603 and 1606), in which the town and its cliffs play a prominent role.Dover’s history, because of its proximity to France, has always been of great strategic importance to Britain.

Archaeological finds have shown that there,were Stone Age people in the area; and that by the Bronze Age the maritime influence was already strong. Some Iron Age finds exist also, but the coming of the Romans made Dover part of their communications network. Like Lemanis (Lympne) and Rutupiae (Richborough) Dover was connected by road to Canterbury and Watling Street; and it became Portus Dubris, a fortified port. Forts were built above the port; lighthouses were constructed to guide passing ships; and one of the best-preserved Roman villas in Britain is here.Dover figured largely in the Domesday Book as an important borough.

It also served as a bastion against various attackers: notably the French during the Napoleonic Wars; and against Germany during World War II.

It was one of the Cinque Ports during mediaeval times.

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