Orient (1879)

A quarter plate negative. A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Orient (1879) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels and has been refitted with a topgallant forecastle and a turtleback poop. There are no yards on her masts. The stern of a tug is on the left. Tilbury is in the background. A Gould copy of a Gould photographic print made from a negative which has not survived to be part of the NMM collection.

Object Details

ID: R564
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orient (1879)
Date made: 1892-1896
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection