Taroba (1888)

A whole plate negative. A port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the passenger/cargo liner Taroba (1888) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She has three yards on her foremast. A swim-headed stumpy rigged spritsail barge is working cargo alongside the forward holds. Four rowing skiffs are in the foreground and Tilbury is in the background.

Object Details

ID: G2028
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Taroba (1888)
Date made: 1888-1894
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection