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 short funnels and yards on her foremast and has been refitted with a topgallant forecastle and a turtleback poop. The stern of the paddle tug Vigilant (1874) is on the right and the passenger steam launch Maude (1886) is in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1101
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orient (1879); Maude (1886) Vigilant (1874)
Date made: 3 June 1892
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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