Previously titled ' A fishing vessel', this is one of several such harbour studies by Everett, all apparently of what used to be the main fish-landing wharf at La Rochelle, the broad Quai des Dames, which has the row of trees along it shown in two of them and south-facing buildings behind. This is the most preliminary version, possibly done from the quay on the other side of the harbour entrance near the Tour Saint-Nicolas. See also BHC1846 for the closest related parallel. BHC1393 and BHC1408 appear to show the same quay a litte further to the left, including the entrance to the fish market building (now La Coursive, the city cultural centre).