A starboard stern quarter view of the French Navy screw steamship, Napoleon, under sail and steam, heeling over to starboard in a following wind and choppy sea. She flies the French flag at her main mast. A small local sailing boat, under full sail, tacking into the wind, is depicted in the bottom right corner. Another small boat, with its sails furled and three figures appearing inactive, is moored to a flagged buoy in the bottom left corner. The coastline in visible in the distance.