Orient (1879)

A 12x10 negative. A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Orient (1879) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has been rebuilt with one funnel and two masts. The tug Champion (1892) is alongside her. Tilbury is in the background. Corner broken off.

Object Details

ID: G140
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orient (1879); Champion (1892)
Date made: 1897
People: Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd; John Page and others Elliott Steam Tug Co Ltd Matthew Dick and others
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection