Earl of Essex (1877); Thames (1881)

An image showing 'A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Thames (1881) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has two yards on her foremast and is flying the blue peter. Awnings are rigged over her bridge and poop. The passenger ferry Earl of Essex (1877) is alongside and skiffs are in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background. Frederick Charles Gould'

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A whole plate negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Thames (1881) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has two yards on her foremast and is flying the blue peter. Awnings are rigged over her bridge and poop. The passenger ferry Earl of Essex (1877) is alongside and skiffs are in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background.

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Object Details

ID:	G1884
Type:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Gould, Frederick Charles
Vessels:	Thames (1881); Earl of Essex (1877)
Date made:	30 August 1883
People:	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection