A starboard bow view of the passenger/cargo liner Paris (1889) aground upright just off the shore, taken from the beach at Polcries, Lowland Point, 1.5 miles south-west of Coverack. Water is being pumped out from the side of the ship. The salvage vessels Ranger (1880), Ajax and the tug Lizard are moored alongside. The photographer was standing on the beach looking at the ship, with the rock-strewn foreshore dominating the bottom half 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.