A port side view of a Swatow fisher type junk under sail at Swatow
A port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of a Swatow fisher type junk under sail at Swatow. She is two masted and has a single lug sail set on both masts. Both sails are in poor condition with many holes in them. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938. The horizon is not quite level. A vertical format negative.
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Object Details
ID: | P34218 |
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Type: | Rolled film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Waters, David Watkin |
Places: | China |
Vessels: | Swatow type |
Date made: | 1937-1938 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection |