A starboard broadside view of the ‘Powerful’ steamship towing a battleship (left, bow-on) in the downs off the South Foreland. The paddlebox is inscribed ‘SHIP-OWNERS’ and the side of the bow ‘POWERFUL’. On the right can be seen a steamship and a sailing vessel with cliffs in the background. A buoy features in the right foreground. Coloured lithograph.