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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Margate Pier 1783

Watercolour by John Nixon

The picture was later made into a print

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

The Fort

Watercolour by John Nixon [Bonhams]

A view on the Fort.

The Pier

Watercolour by John Nixon [Christies]

Visitors on the Pier, showing a mounted cannon and a small hut where the ammunition was kept.

Bathing Houses at Margate

Drawing by Burney [Yale]

drawings by Edward Francis Burney [1760-1848], cousin of Fanny Burney.

View at Margate

Watercolour by Burney [Yale]

Watercolour showing the Horizontal Mill on the Fort in the background

View at Margate

Watercolour by Burney [Yale]

Another version of the watercolour shown above

The Fort ca 1806

Drawing by James Clarendon Smith

The Fort with soldiers manning a gun

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.

Margate Sands 1807

Watercolour by Joshua Cristall

A view towards the harbour with the Fort on the left.

Pier and Lighthouse 1839

Watercolour by Anne Rushout

A view of the Pier in the days of the steamships.

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.

Cottages at Neptune Square 20th century

Unknown artist

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

Margate from the Bathing Place 28 July 1813

George Sidney Shepherd

Garner's ciculating library can be seen in the distance

Margate 1820

unknown painter

The back of the bathing rooms

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

Margate Cliffs 1838

James Holmes

Margate Cliffs 1838

James Holmes

Margate sunset 1838

James Holmes

View of Margate

William George Jennings

William George Jennings: born 1763, died 1854

View of Margate

William George Jennings

William George Jennings: born 1763, died 1854

On the Road to St Peters ca 1860

unknown artist

View of Margate from St Peters Road 1852

unknown artist

Sampling the natives 1901

Percy Rowland - Cartoonist on the Bedford Times and other newspapers

View from Tivoli July 1852

G. Wainwright

Fort and Jetty [no date]

unknown, amateur artist

Stateroom of a Margate Passage boat [no date]

Rowlandson [NMM]

A Margate Hoy unloading her cargo 1781

John Nixon [Bonhams]

Margate Harbour 1806

Samuel Owen [Yale]

Margate Hoy no date

Smith 1778-1810 [Yale]

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