Orient (1879)
A whole 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 is as built with short funnels and yards to her fore and main masts. The Board of Trade steam launch Mantis (1884), seen from just ahead of her port beam, is at anchor in the right foreground and the stern of a paddle tug is on the left.
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Object Details
ID: | G2088 |
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Type: | Glass plate negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | F. C. Gould & Son |
Vessels: | Orient (1879); Mantis (1884) |
Date made: | 24 June 1885 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection |