Orient (1879)

A 12x10 negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orient (1879) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has been refitted with a topgallant forecastle and a turtleback poop and has yards on her foremast only. The passenger steam launch Maude (1886) is alongside and rowing skiffs are in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G137
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orient (1879); Maude (1886)
Date made: 3 June 1892
People: Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd; Balding, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection