Cuba (1864)

A whole plate negative. A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the 4 masted barque rigged vessel Cuba (1864) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, single topgallants and royals and is flying the blue peter. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. Negatives numbers G1573 and G2273 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G2273
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Cuba (1864)
Date made: September - December 1877
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection