Atalanta (1864)

A quarter plate negative. A slightly distant starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the general cargo steamship Sikh (1864) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is in ballast and has an auxiliary barquentine rig with three yards on her foremast. She is in the funnels colours and livery of G W Palmer. Tilbury is in the background. A copy of whole plate negative number G2321.

Object Details

ID: R479
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Atalanta (1864)
Date made: 22 September 1879
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection