Preparing for prizegiving day on the upper deck on board the boys training ship Arethusa (1849) at her permanent moorings in the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. Boys in uniform are rigging side screens. Awnings have already been rigged over the upper and poop decks and chairs have been laid out on the poop. The photographer is looking aft from the starboard side of the upper deck abreast the foremast. A note on the negative states that the photographer was using Camera B.