A whole plate negative. The Clifton Baths on Clifton Marine Parade at Gravesend. A view from the foreshore of the River Thames, looking west.
The Indian style Clifton Baths were designed by the architect Amon Henry Wilds (1790-1857) and completed in 1836. Clifton Terrace (on the right side of this photograph) and the Clifton Hotel later the New Thames Yacht Club House (out of the picture to the left) were also parts of his scheme for the redevelopment of the Gravesend waterfront to resemble an elegant spa. The domes and minarets of the Clifton Baths echo those Wilds used in the design of his home in Brighton (the Western Pavilion) and the style was clearly influenced by the Royal Pavilion in the same town by the architect John Nash (1752-1835).