Waitangi (1874)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Waitangi (1874) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, single topgallants and royals and has painted ports. The Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 28 (1847) is drawn up on the Tilbury shore in the right background. The horizon is not level. Negatives numbers G2287 and G2294 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G2287
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Waitangi (1874); Elk (1847)
Date made: 24 June 1876
People: New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection