Quetta (1881)

A whole plate negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Quetta (1881) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has two yards on her foremast and members of her crew are working on her topsail yard. The stern of a tug is in the left foreground and Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G1985
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Quetta (1881)
Date made: 22 September 1885; 29 Sep. 1885?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection