A distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the spritsail barge Oak (1881) under sail in Gravesend Reach, River Thames.

A distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the spritsail barge Oak (1881) under sail in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a full deck cargo of hay and is bound upriver. Her bowsprit is topped and she has an inner jib, staysail, mainsail and topsail rigged. The photographer is looking south-south-west across the river from Tilbury showing Northfleet.

Object Details

ID: N19038
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Oak (1881)
Date made: 1897-1914
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm
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