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.
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Object Details
ID: | G1507 |
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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 |