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A view from the Pier at Margate [1779]
Watercolour by George Keate
The watercolour shows the wooden jetties protecting the shore line, with the King's Warehouse and the path up to the Fort
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Margate Pier at Low Water [undated, before 1790]
Watercolour by unknown artist
This watercolour shows the Pier protected by wooden piles, before the Pier had been clad in stone in the early 1790s. Prominent on the Pier is the gantry crane.
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Plan of the proposed New Pier by John Rennie 1809
From The New Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs Guide 1809.
Following the destruction of the old Pier in the storm of 1808, the engineer John Rennie was brought in to design a new Pier, extending northward of the old one.
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Part of the New Pier at Margate July 12 1812
Watercolour by unknown artist
The watercolour shows the old Pier on the left and the partially completed new Pier on the right, as it was in July 1812.
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Margate Harbour ca 1830
Watercolour by Samuel Austin
The picture shows fishermen conversing on the harbour at Margate. Trinity church on the horizon dates the picture to after 1825. Austin died in July 1834.
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Margate Pier 1783
Watercolour by John Nixon
The picture was later made into a print
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Margate Races 1788
Watercolour by John Nixon
The races were held in September at Mount Pleasant, also known as King William's Mount, just to the east of the village of Minster
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The Fort
Watercolour by John Nixon [Bonhams]
A view on the Fort.
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The Pier
Watercolour by John Nixon [Christies]
Visitors on the Pier, showing a mounted cannon and a small hut where the ammunition was kept.
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Bathing Houses at Margate
Drawing by Burney [Yale]
drawings by Edward Francis Burney [1760-1848], cousin of Fanny Burney.
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View at Margate
Watercolour by Burney [Yale]
Watercolour showing the Horizontal Mill on the Fort in the background
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View at Margate
Watercolour by Burney [Yale]
Another version of the watercolour shown above
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The Fort ca 1806
Drawing by James Clarendon Smith
The Fort with soldiers manning a gun
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Fort and Cliffs 1809
Unknown artist
The Fort with three guns and small boats landing near the Fort. The twin towers of Reculvers are in the background.
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Margate Sands 1807
Watercolour by Joshua Cristall
A view towards the harbour with the Fort on the left.
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Pier and Lighthouse 1839
Watercolour by Anne Rushout
A view of the Pier in the days of the steamships.
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Embarking troops and horses at Margate [NMM] ca 1800
Unknown artist [NMM]
As well as a place for embarking troops, Margate had an active trade transporting horses to and from the continent.
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Cottages at Neptune Square 20th century
Unknown artist
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Drawing of Iron Bridge ca 1856
Unknown artist
The cart on the left has a display 'Tivoli Parks ... 1856', which could be the date of the drawing
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Margate from the Bathing Place 28 July 1813
George Sidney Shepherd
Garner's ciculating library can be seen in the distance
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Margate 1820
unknown painter
The back of the bathing rooms
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Margate July 1855
N. Smith
A view showing ships in the harbour with one on the ramp, with smoke from the chimneys of Cobb's brewery on the horizon
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Margate Cliffs 1838
James Holmes
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Margate Cliffs 1838
James Holmes
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Margate sunset 1838
James Holmes
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View of Margate
William George Jennings
William George Jennings: born 1763, died 1854
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View of Margate
William George Jennings
William George Jennings: born 1763, died 1854
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On the Road to St Peters ca 1860
unknown artist
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View of Margate from St Peters Road 1852
unknown artist
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Sampling the natives 1901
Percy Rowland - Cartoonist on the Bedford Times and other newspapers
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View from Tivoli July 1852
G. Wainwright
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Fort and Jetty [no date]
unknown, amateur artist
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Stateroom of a Margate Passage boat [no date]
Rowlandson [NMM]
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A Margate Hoy unloading her cargo 1781
John Nixon [Bonhams]
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Margate Harbour 1806
Samuel Owen [Yale]
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Margate Hoy no date
Smith 1778-1810 [Yale]
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