Port Fairy (1887)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Port Fairy (1887) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast and has a clipper bow with figurehead. A small boat is on a painter astern and a pair of skiffs are anchored in the foreground. Tilbury ferry pontoon is in the left background.

Object Details

ID: G2022
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Port Fairy (1887)
Date made: 1887-1893
People: William Milburn and Co
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection