Earl of Essex (1877); Orotava (1889)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Orotava (1889) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has tall funnels and four masts and is flying the blue peter. The passenger ferry Thames (1868), seen from off her starboard beam, is alongside aft. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G485
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orotava (1889); Earl of Essex (1877)
Date made: 13 February 1891
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection