A lithograph depicting the burning of the British East Indiaman ‘Kent’ on 28 February 1825, due to a casket of spirits having accidentally caught on fire during her third voyage to Bengal and China, before she exploded in the Bay of Biscay on 2 March. The ‘Kent’ is shown among violent waves in starboard-quarter view and enveloped in fire and smoke, blown by the wind towards the right side of the image. Hanging off the starboard side can be seen a section of the broken fore mast; figures appear to be clinging on to it. On either side of the image in the far distance can be seen indications of other vessels.