Tilbury Fort Watergate, Essex
A 10x8 negative. The main entrance gate to Tilbury Fort, known as the Watergate. The photographer is looking north-north-east. The stonework of the Watergate is in a pitted and dirty condition. Members of the garrison are posing for the camera and these include a soldier in full uniform holding his daughter and another soldier in shirt sleeves with his child beside him. A vertical format image. Negative number G664 was taken on the same occasion.
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Object Details
ID: | G663 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
Places: | Tilbury |
Date made: | circa 1880; About 1890 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |