A primitive ship’s portrait showing the two-masted schooner ‘Little Beauty’ broadside-on under sail. Her name is visible from the flag flying from her main mast. Several figures are indicated on board and a variety of other vessels can be seen in the distance.

The artist painted a number of ship’s portraits towards the end of the 19th century. The painting is signed ‘W.P.’, bottom right and was painted in 1875.