Edinburgh (1855)

A whole plate negative. A starboard broadside view of the cable ship Edinburgh (1855) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is ship rigged with double topsails and single topgallants and, unusually for a cable ship, has a running bowsprit. Tilbury Fort Watergate is in the background. Negatives numbers G1496 and G1507 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G1507
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Edinburgh (1855)
Date made: 1870-1878
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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