Orient (1879)
A quarter plate negative. A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Orient (1879) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels and has been refitted with a topgallant forecastle and a turtleback poop. There are no yards on her masts. The stern of a tug is on the left. Tilbury is in the background. A Gould copy of a Gould photographic print made from a negative which has not survived to be part of the NMM collection.
Object details
| ID: | R564 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
| Vessels: | Orient (1879) |
| Date made: | 1892-1896 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |