Ophir (1891)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Ophir (1891) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is flying the blue peter and the passenger ferry Earl 0f Essex (1877) is alongside aft. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G92
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Ophir (1891); Earl of Essex (1877)
Date made: 11 March 1892
People: Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd; London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection