A seascape from the deck of the 'Birkdale'. A sailing ship is shown in the middle distance towards the horizon. In the foreground waves are shown on the left dashing against the side of the 'Birkdale' and the sea is moderately rough. The sky is shown as a thin wash of blue, with slashes of yellow paint streaked with red to indicate light from the sun. Everett joined the barque, 'Birkdale', and sailed from Bristol to Sabine Pass, Texas, April to June 1920. It was his first journey after World War I. The 'Birkdale' was due to take sulphur from Texas to the Cape, but when she arrived in Texas the ship was re-chartered to Australia and so Everett reluctantly left her and came home by steamer. The 'Birkdale', built in 1892, was the last barque to fly the red ensign and spent nearly all her working life in the Chilean nitrate trade. For a short time after World War I she switched to taking sulphur from Texas to the Cape. The 'Birkdale' went back to the nitrate trade and was wrecked on the Chilean coast after catching fire in 1927. The painting is inscribed 'Birk'.