A port quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) at anchor in The Downs, off Walmer, Kent.

A port quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) at anchor 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 standing while pulling on a hand fishing line. Isabel is also holding a hand fishing line. Walmer is in the background. The Adams family referred to this boat as "the lifeboat". A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N19348
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