The Thames waterfront at Gravesend and Denton

A 10x8 negative. A general view taken from the Royal Terrace Pier at Gravesend at high tide looking east towards Denton, with Custom House Pier prominent. Gordon Promenade is on the right. The Port Sanitary Authority hulk Hygeia (1865) is on the extreme left. One of the small boats in the foreground has raised bulwarks. Negative number G528 was taken on the same occasion.

The original F.C. Gould & Son gelatine dry plate negative number G572 (254 x 304 mm) was broken and discarded in the 1960s. The catalogued item is a polyester sheet film negative made by the museum of a photographic print produced from the original negative in the 1950s.

Object Details

ID: G572
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Robert Bruce (1865)
Date made: 1893-1910; 1898-1910
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 202 mm x 253 mm