A man and two schoolboys launching the single masted, lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) from the beach at Walmer, Kent.

A man and two schoolboys launching the single masted, lug rigged dinghy Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890) from the beach at Walmer, Kent. The boat is in the shallows and is being pushed stern first into deeper water. The man and boys have their trousers rolled up. A number of small sailing vessels are at anchor well offshore, waiting for a change in the wind direction. The horizon is not quite level.

Object Details

ID: N19482
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Francis Norris
Vessels: Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890)
Date made: 27 August 1897
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm