A bow view of the iron sailing barque Seine (1899) wrecked on the beach at Perranporth, north Cornwall. She is lying over on her port side with her starboard side plating and frames open. Three boys are sitting on the lower section of the bowsprit and a man is standing by the forecastle bulwark, having climbed the hull. A small group of people are on the beach looking at the wreck from the starboard side. Waves can be seen breaking on the beach in the background.

The Seine was on its way from Iquique to Falmouth with a cargo of saltpetre when it was driven ashore in heavy weather on 28 December 1900. Part of the crew was rescued by rockets and breaches buoys while the others had to drop over the side of the ship and be rescued by locals in the surf. The wreck was sold.

A small 6x4 inch glass copy of this negative has been catalogued as P50953.