A starboard view, just forward of the beam, from the beach at Polcries, Lowland Point, 1.5 miles south-west of Coverack of the passenger/cargo liner Paris (1889) aground upright just off the shore. Water is being pumped out from the bows. A small white rowing boat is alongside the broadside, just aft of the funnels. A tug can be seen, bow-to the photographer, close off the starboard quarter. The photographer was standing on the beach looking at the ship, with some of the foreshore at the bottom of the image.

The Paris left Southampton on 20 May 1899 with 380 passengers and 372 crew and collected a further 50 passengers from Cherbourg, then making passage to New York. The ship diverted to Eddystone and Lizard Lighthouses to get a navigational fix. However, in light misty rain the ship was about 15 miles off course and ran onto Lowland Point on Sunday 21 May. The passengers and crew were taken off the next morning by tug. The ship was eventually refloated and repaired.