A three-quarter length portrait of the captain standing on the starboard side of the deckhouse top on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Malcolm Miller (1968) while under way in Portsmouth Harbour. He is wearing an oilskin coat over his uniform and is looking ahead with his hands behind his back The mainsail is stowed and the mizzen has been lowered. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the port side of the deckhouse top and the ship's highly decorative binnacle is on the left. Gosport is in the background.