Ceylon (1858)

A whole plate negative. A starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the passenger cruise ship Ceylon (1858) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has two yards on each of her fore and main masts, a short funnel, boats added before the bridge and all of her boats are painted white. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1873
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ceylon (1858)
Date made: 12 February 1887
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection