Coastal scene of Plymouth; foreground, on the left, figures and three barrels, on the right, two shipbuilders? handling a plank and a group of mariners moving cargo on a rowing boat; middleground, a beach, moored sailing boats, a tower on a cliff (Mount Batten?) and numerous sailing ships on a calm sea; background, Royal Citadel Fortress and the town of Plymouth with church tower and spire; sky, storm clouds with rainbow. Steel engraving with deeply bitten etched? black highlights in the foreground