A quarter plate negative. A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Mataura (1868) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, single topgallants and royals and has painted ports. An awning is rigged over the poop. The Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 28 (1847) is on the Tilbury shore in the right background. A Gould copy of a Gould whole plate negative number G1761.