A winter beach scene at the North Deal lifeboat station in Deal, Kent. The photographer is looking down the beach from near the promenade showing the sailing and pulling lifeboat Mary Somerville (1888) under a canvas cover on the left. A beach capstan in in the centre of the picture with a lugger beached in front of it. On the right are two wooden sheds with a man standing in front of them. There is a light covering of snow over everything.