Renown (1860)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Renown (1860) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, single topgallants and royals and has painted ports. A bawley is on the left, drying her nets. The Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 28 (1847) is drawn up on the Tilbury shore in the background. Negatives numbers G2240 and G2255 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G2240
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Renown (1860); Elk (1847)
Date made: 1871-1880
People: R. & H. Green Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection