Delaware (1865)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Delaware (1865) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary barque rig with single courses and topsails and no topgallants. She has a flag hoist at the mizzen and is possibly making her number. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1510
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Frederick Charles
Vessels: Delaware (1865)
Date made: 17 April 1871
People: Dixon, C.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Green Blackwall Collection