A half plate negative. A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from ahead of the beam, of an unidentified cargo liner/livestock carrier under way, probably in the Thames estuary. She has a single raking funnel and four raking masts and is purpose built as a horse or cattle transport with permanent stalls along both sides of the upper deck almost from bow to stern. She has two lifeboats per side amidships. She appears to be flying a pilot flag above a large dark flag with a light centre, resembling a blue peter but the proportions are wrong. She has a near vertical stem and a counter stern, her funnel is probably red or brown with a black top and two tall ventilators are ahead of her funnel. There is no visible background. Very slightly unsharp.