König Wilhelm (1868)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the German Navy ironclad central battery König Wilhelm (1868) at anchor on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. Her funnels are lowered and she has a 3 masted ship rig with single topsails and topgallants. West Thurrock Marshes, Essex, are in the background. Negatives numbers G2065 and G2098 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G2065
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: König Wilhelm (1868)
Date made: 1882-1885; 1882-1889
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection