The title is the name of a pub named after Thomas Doggett, organiser of the London Bridge to Chelsea rowing race. In the foreground, right, are three standing figures in costume; one wears a red decorated coat and a tricorn hat and holds a loudhailer to his mouth; a second wears shorts and a sweater and holds a decorative badge and the third figure holds an oar and wears a badge depicting the white horse of Hannover; middle ground, four spectators on a mooring platform, two gulls on an iron float, six skulls / skiffs starting the race, rowing boats, a pleasure boat and a tug; background, barges, warehouses, cranes and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral. Colour lithograph with tusche and lithographic crayon. Text on image, on warehouses, 'SMITHS WHARF'. Printed in black, two greys, crimson, orange, yellow, pink-buff, sap green and brown
