Rome (1881)

A 12x10 negative. A port broadside view of the passenger/cargo liner Rome (1881) at anchor in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is depicted after lengthening, rebuilding the accommodation and alterations to her machinery. There are no yards on her masts. The passenger ferry Sir Walter Raleigh (1855) is alongside her. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G266
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Rome (1881); Tilbury (1855)
Date made: 8 April 1892; Apr. 1892
People: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Co; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection