A port broadside view of the lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail in the Downs.

A port broadside view of the lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail in the Downs. She has a lute stern and has a lug foresail and mizzen and a jib set on a traveller. She has a crew of two who are dressed in oilskins and sou'westers. The Sea Gull was owned by Edgar Tarry Adams and he may be the man at the tiller. Square rigged sailing vessels are anchored in the background. Negatives numbers G5561, G5562 and G5564 are of the same vessel on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G5562
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Francis Norris
Vessels: Sea Gull (1874)
Date made: 1895-1910
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 203 mm x 253 mm