A quarter plate negative. A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Superb (1866) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with fore and main double topsails, a single mizzen topsail and topgallants. She is flying a blue peter. Tilbury is in the background. Negatives numbers G2254 and G2286 were taken on the same occasion. A Gould copy of a Gould photographic print made from whole plate negative number G2254.