A sea breaking on the beach at Kingsdown, south of Walmer, Kent

A sea breaking on the beach at Kingsdown, south of Walmer, Kent. Three two-masted luggers and some open boats are drawn up on the beach. The photographer is in a boat just offshore looking towards the beach showing the extreme turbulence of the water as the wave breaks back on itself. A note on the negative says the photographer was using Camera A.

Object Details

ID: N18949
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Date made: 11 September 1899
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm
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