SS Great Britain | Details | Photograph of ss Great Britain Passengers

Sidebar content	Main content
Actions Displays	Photograph of ss Great Britain Passengers Remove from selection Add to selection Download mediaDownload media Object number1999.002 TitlePhotograph of ss Great Britain Passengers Creator Arthur Ernest Rowland (photographer)‎ DescriptionSepia photograph of passengers on saloon deck. Taken by A.E. Rowland on a voyage on board the SS Great Britain from Melbourne to Liverpool in 1874. Arthur Rowland was an amateur photographer and took his camera to Australia. There are multiple photographs in the collection of Arthur in Australia as well as back in Britain. In the background the steering wheel/helm of the SS Great Britain can be seen with crew standing around it. There is a canvas awning spanned over the aft end of the ship and the mizzen mast is visible. In the centre of the image the two men and a woman are sitting on deck in deck chairs just in front of the mast. In the foreground a decklight is visible on the right side of the photograph, and on the left a lifeboat, painted white, in a cradle. Verso: Inscription hand-written in ink: "Saloon deck of Steam Ship 'Great Britain' taken at sea on homeward voyage from Melbourne, Australia to Liverpool, 1874. J.Rowland, senior and A.E.Rowland, passengers". Production date 1874 - 1874 Object namebrown & white photograph Object categoryphotography Materialpaper Techniquedeveloped Dimensions height: 82 mm width: 107 mm DocumentationBrunel's SS Great Britain : Official Guidebook Emigrant Clippers to Australia: The Black Ball Line, its operation, people and ships 1852-1871

Object number1999.002

TitlePhotograph of ss Great Britain Passengers

Creator Arthur Ernest Rowland (photographer)‎

DescriptionSepia photograph of passengers on saloon deck. Taken by A.E. Rowland on a voyage on board the SS Great Britain from Melbourne to Liverpool in 1874. Arthur Rowland was an amateur photographer and took his camera to Australia. There are multiple photographs in the collection of Arthur in Australia as well as back in Britain. In the background the steering wheel/helm of the SS Great Britain can be seen with crew standing around it. There is a canvas awning spanned over the aft end of the ship and the mizzen mast is visible. In the centre of the image the two men and a woman are sitting on deck in deck chairs just in front of the mast. In the foreground a decklight is visible on the right side of the photograph, and on the left a lifeboat, painted white, in a cradle. Verso: Inscription hand-written in ink: "Saloon deck of Steam Ship 'Great Britain' taken at sea on homeward voyage from Melbourne, Australia to Liverpool, 1874. J.Rowland, senior and A.E.Rowland, passengers".

Production date 1874 - 1874

Object namebrown & white photograph

Object categoryphotography

Materialpaper

Techniquedeveloped

Dimensions

DocumentationBrunel's SS Great Britain : Official Guidebook
Emigrant Clippers to Australia: The Black Ball Line, its operation, people and ships 1852-1871

Item request date
Expected return date
Destination