DescriptionAberdeen - New Aberdene from the Block house.png
English: Here we have Aberdene – now Aberdeen – from the banks of the River Dee. We are looking west, just above along pier or bulwark, constructed on the Torry shore in 1607. New Aberdeen is on the left with the spires of St Nicholas’ Church (left) and Town House (centre left). Old Aberdeen – with the spires of St Machar's Cathedral visible - is on the right.
The 'blockhouse' Slezer mentions in his title for the drawing is the round building almost in the centre. A blockhouse is a small isolated fort consisting of a single building.
On the water are people in boats and in a coble, or ferry, while tall ships are moored at the riverside.
Perspective is distorted in the prospect. Figures on the jetty are smaller than they should be compared to the set of wheels we can see.
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