Essex (1862)
A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Essex (1862) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails on the fore and main, single topsail on the mizzen and single topgallants. There are no royals. She has painted ports and a vertical accommodation ladder is deployed amidships. A stumpy rigged spritsail barge is alongside her port side amidships. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. Negatives numbers G1542 and G2020 were taken on the same occasion.
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Object Details
ID: | G1542 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
Vessels: | Essex (1862) |
Date made: | 1868-1875; 1871-1875 |
People: | Money, Wigram and Son |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |
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