A black and white landscape photograph showing the harbour at Madras [Chennai]. A road is visible in the foreground, with three blurred figured standing with their backs to the camera. Beyond this is a row of stationary carts, wagons and carriages. The beach can be seen beyond this, with piles of goods and figures around them at intervals. A row what are probably masula surf boats can be seen on the edge of beach, next to the sea. The corner of a building can be seen in the foreground to the left of the image, with banded rustication on the walls of its ground floor and shuttered windows on its first floor.The port's iron pier can be seen running from the shore out into the sea in the backfround. The masts of sailing ships are visible towards to the right of the image in the backfround. Original caption (in pencil, beneath): 'Madras Harbour'.