Clyde (1881)

A 12x10 negative. A port near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Clyde (1881) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has awnings rigged aft and over the bridge and she has three yards on her foremast. The passenger ferry Sir Walter Raleigh (1855), also seen from just abaft her port beam, is alongside. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G276
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Clyde (1881); Tilbury (1855)
Date made: August 1893
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection