The black spaniel 'Phyllis" sitting the deck of HMS Cornwall (1902).

The black spaniel 'Phyllis" sitting on the deck of the armoured cruiser HMS Cornwall (1902). The dog is looking to the left (viewer's right) and sitting next to a covered wicker basket.

The photograph has the caption '"Phyllis", 1st Lieutenant's spaniel'.

John R. P. Thompson was a cadet on board HMS Cornwall from around July 1909 until January 1910 when he joined HMS Hibernia as a midshipman.