Orotava (1889)

A quarter plate negative. A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orotava (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has short funnels and four masts and is flying the blue peter. Tilbury is in the background. A Gould copy of a Gould photographic print from a negative not held in the collection but similar to negative number G1815. Negative damaged by damp on the right side.

Object Details

ID: R573
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orotava (1889)
Date made: 1890-1897
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection