A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Royal Standard (1863) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, single topgallants, single royals and a skysail on the main mast. Her accommodation ladde is fitted with a canvas dodger. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the right background and the Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 37 (1855) is drawn up on the shore in the left background.