On board an unidentified cross-channel or excursion paddle steamer. The photographer is looking across the ship from port to starboard and aft showing the ship's wheelhouse, steel steering wheel, engine room telegraph set to stop, the starboard bridge wing cab and two large ventilator cowls. A man is standing on the raised deck in front of the wheelhouse. A wooden spoked steering wheel is on the main deck below the walkway. The photographer is probably on a pier and the vessel is alongside it. Mist covered rolling hills are in the background