Winefred (1855)

A quarter plate negative. A slightly distant port broadside view of the 3 masted ship rigged vessel Winefred (1855) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has double topsails, single topgallants and royals. A canvas windsail ventilator is rigged and she has a large number of passengers on board. The forepart of the paddle tug Electric (1861) is in the right foreground and the Coast Guard Watch Vessel CGWV 28 (1847) is on the Tilbury shore in the left background. A Gould copy of a Gould whole plate negative that has not survived.

Object Details

ID: R639
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Electric (1861); Winefred (1855) Elk (1847)
Date made: 1872
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection