A port bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) approaching Walmer beach, Kent, under oars.

A port bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) approaching Walmer beach, Kent, under oars. A crew member is at the oars, Gordon Adams is in the bow with a coil of rope, Isabel Mary Adams is on the starboard side of the stern and Pauline Adams is on the port side. They are returning from a fishing trip. The Adams family referred to this boat as "the lifeboat". A number of vessels are under sail heading south in The Downs.

Object Details

ID: N19356
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890)
Date made: 25 September 1897
People: Adams, Gordon; Adams, Isabel Mary Adams, Pauline
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm
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