A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) broadside on to the beach at Walmer, Kent.

A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) broadside on to the beach at Walmer, Kent, having just been for a sail. Franicis Norris Adams is standing in the boat. Isabel Mary, with Pauline on her left, is pulling on a rope attached to the boat's forefoot and Edgar Tarry Adams is pulling on the painter. An unknown boy is watching on the left. Deal Pier is in the background. A note on the vertical format negative says the photographer is using Camera A.

Object Details

ID: N19446
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Gordon
Vessels: Spitfire (1898)
Date made: 26 August 1898
People: Adams, Edgar Tarry; Adams, Francis Norris Adams, Pauline Adams, Isabel Mary
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 107 mm x 82 mm
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