A port broadside view of the Canadian Pacific Steamships cruise ship Empress of Australia (1914) at anchor in an unknown location. Her starboard anchor is deployed, an accommodation ladder is rigged at a shell door amidships and number 20 lifeboat has been launched. Two lifeboats are by the accommodation ladder and a few small boats are alongside the hull. The land in the background is low-lying and densely wooded. The negative is slightly out of focus.