The Thames Barge Match 1899

A half plate negative. A slightly distant starboard broadside view of three spritsail rigged topsail barges under sail in the Thames estuary during the 1899 Thames Barge Match. The barge on the left is the Loualf (1898) and the one on the right is the Gloria (1898). The barge in the centre is unidentified. A large racing cutter is in the right background near to an anchored barquentine.

Object Details

ID: G1342
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Loualf (1898); Gloria (1898)
Date made: 3 June 1899
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection