A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) being rowed in The Downs, off Walmer, Kent.

A slightly distant starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) being rowed in The Downs, off Walmer, Kent. A lantern is fitted on a halyard attached to the unstayed mast. The four Adams family children, Francis Norris, Isabel Mary, Gordon and Pauline are in the boat and Francis is at the oars. The Adams family referred to this boat as "the lifeboat".

Object Details

ID: N19346
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890)
Date made: 27 September 1897
People: Adams, Francis Norris; Adams, Isabel Mary Adams, Pauline Adams, Gordon
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 107 mm x 82 mm