Sorata (1872)
A whole plate negative. A fair quality starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Sorata (1872) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary barque rig. A lighter is alongside forward. Tilbury is in the background. The original glass plate negative has deteriorated and been discarded. A safety film negative has been produced from a 12x10 photographic print produced from the original negative in the 1950s before it deteriorated and thuis print is available for scanning.
Object Details
| ID: | G1595 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
| Vessels: | Sorata (1872) |
| Date made: | June 1884 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |
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