Sultan (1873)

A whole plate negative. A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Sultan (1873) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has a 3 masted rig with two yards on the foremast and she is flying the blue peter and her houseflag. Tilbury railway station and ferry pontoon is in the background. Negatives numbers G1316, G1332 and G1534 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: G2331
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Sultan (1873)
Date made: 3 March 1874
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection