Orient (1879)

A half plate 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. Tilbury is in the background. A copy of part of negative number G1101.

Object Details

ID: G1818
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Orient (1879); Vigilant (1874)
Date made: 3 June 1892
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection