A crew man named Joe on board the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) while under sail in The Downs.

A crew member named Joe on board the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) while under sail in The Downs. He is sitting between the thwarts holding the starboard rope of the running rigging in his right hand. The boat is on the port tack. The photographer, Edgar Tarry Adams, is looking forward from low down in the hull and a note on the negative says he is using Camera B.

Object Details

ID: N19435
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Spitfire (1898)
Date made: 30 July 1898
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm