Gwalior (1873)

A whole plate negative. A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Gwalior (1873) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. she has an auxiliary barquentine rig with three yards on the foremast and she is flying the blue peter. Awnings are rigged over the forward welldeck and aft of the mainmast. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G1864 and G1865 were taken on the same occasion. The original glass plate negative has peeled off and been discarded. A 12x10 photographic print made in the 1950s from the original negative is available for scanning.

Object Details

ID: G1864
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Gwalior (1873)
Date made: 19 July 1882
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection