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.
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Object Details
ID: | G485 |
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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 |