Superb (1866)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Superb (1866) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with fore and main double topsails, a single mizzen topsail and topgallants. She is flying a blue peter. A bawley is at anchor on the leftt and Tilbury is in the background. The horizon is not level. Negatives numbers G2254 and G2286 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G2286
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Superb (1866)
Date made: 6 October 1871
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection