A spritsail barge in Long Reach, River Thames, Purfleet, Essex

A distant port broadside view of a spritsail barge at anchor in Long Reach, River Thames, with R H Green & Silley Weir's tank cleaning establishment at Harrison's Wharf, Purfleet, in the background. The photographer's notebook identifies the barge as the "Joanna Kate" but no such barge existed and no barge with a remotely similar name can be traced.

Object details

ID: P38152
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Date made: 20 Jul 1963
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm