On board the spritsail barge Sir Richard (1900) during the running of the Medway Coronation Barge Race on the River Medway, Kent. The photographer is looking aft from the fore deck. The Sir Richard (1900) is being used as a spectator boat for the race and there are two men standing in the foreground. The man with his head bowed is Frank George Griffith Carr who was Assistant Librarian in the House of Lords at the time and later became the Director of the National Maritime Museum. Vertical format.