Tilbury, Essex
A 12x10 negative. The main entrance gate to Tilbury Fort, known as the Watergate. The photographer is looking north-east showing the main gate open and a three barrelled rifle calibre Nordenfelt gun mounted on a two wheeled carriage is standing in the entrance. The stonework has been refurbished. A soldier of the Royal Garrison Artillery is on the right. A vertical format image.
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Object Details
ID: | G525 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
Places: | Tilbury |
Date made: | circa 1897; 1890-1907 1890s |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |