On board the spritsail rigged coasting barge Her Majesty (1897) bound down in the Thames estuary. She has a substantial cargo of wooden cases stacked on her hatch covers and a small boy is sitting on them. The photographer is looking forward and to port from the starboard side aft. The bowsprit is topped and the barge is sailing under foresail and mainsail. Vertical format. Negatives numbers P75151, P75152, P75203 to P75208, P75293 and P75309 were taken on the same vessel.