Nankin (1872)

A whole plate negative. A port near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Nankin (1872) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has an auxiliary barquentine rig with double topsails and a single topgallant on her foremast. Tilbury is in the background. The horizon is not level.

Object Details

ID: G2329
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Nankin (1872)
Date made: 1874
People: Watts, Milburn and Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection