Tara (1890)

A 12x10 negative. A starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Tara (1890) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. Her number seven boat is painted white. She is flying the blue peter and she has a stumpy rigged spritsail barge and a screw tug alongside forward. The steam launch Maude (1886) is in the foreground. Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G781
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Gould, Frederick Charles
Vessels: Tara (1890); Maude (1886)
Date made: 1890
People: British India Associated Steamers Ltd, (British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd); British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection