Railway workers on a tea break in a porters room at New Street Station, Birmingham; foreground, on the left, a stove with a kettle and two mugs and a seated man wearing a cap, tie, jacket and waistcoat, in the centre, a table with a plate, two cups and a jug with broken handles, on the right, a worker slouches in a chair with his left foot resting on the table; middleground, a worker sits on lockers and two jovial men at a table one of whom holds a newspaper; background, on the right, a woman with a suitcase and a small child seen through a doorway. Etched with hatching and cross hatching. Text on image, on mugs and collar of jacket, 'LMS'