Duke of Buccleuch (1873)

A whole plate negative. A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Duke of Buccleuch (1873) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a four masted topsail schooner rig with two yards on the foremast and she is flying the blue peter. Tilbury Fort is in the background. Negatives numbers G2214 and G2228 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G2214
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Duke of Buccleuch (1873)
Date made: 8 February 1886
People: Eastern Steamship Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection