The Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) in the anchorage at Funchal, Madeira. The photographer is in a boat close to her port side looking aft showing six members of the crew on stagings washing the ship's side. The local motor tender Scotia is alongside the accommodation ladder with a full load of passengers and two bumboats are alongside the tender with the local traders trying to barter their embroidered and lace goods. On the waterfront in the background is a tall brick-built column with a mast on top of it. A vertical format negative.