Kent (1853)
A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Kent (1853) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is simply rigged with double topsails and single topgallants and has painted ports. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background and the Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 28 (1847) is on shore on the left. Negatives numbers G1556 and G1803 were taken on the same occasion.
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Object Details
ID: | G1803 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Gould, Frederick Charles |
Vessels: | Kent (1853); Elk (1847) |
Date made: | 21 May 1871 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |