Macquarie (1875)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged general cargo sailing vessel Macquarie (1875) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has painted ports and is rigged with double topsails and topgallants and single royals. The passenger ferry Carlotta (1893) is dried out on the Tilbury shore in the background.

Object Details

ID: G552
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Melbourne (1875); Carlotta (1893)
Date made: 1887-1897
People: Devitt and Moore; London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection