Ballaarat (1882)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Ballaarat (1882) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a brig rig and an awning is rigged abaft the mainmast. The paddle tug Robert Bruce (1865) is under way on the left and a 3 masted topsail schooner is bound down on the right. Tilbury is in the background. The emulsion is badly damaged in the top right corner.

Object Details

ID: G1924
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ballaarat (1882); Robert Bruce (1865)
Date made: 1 July 1997
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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