Townscape of Rotherhithe; foreground, a road and a pavement; middleground, on the left, two churns, a work table and a sail makers shop with signboards, shuttered windows and steps to a doorway, on the right, a cart in the road, a chicken, a man and a boatyard? of timber construction; background, a wharf with a large sailing ship with two masts and rigging. Text on image, on signboard above left window, 'ERL[?] SAIL [M]AKER'. Etched in a fine scratchy line. Bow and rigging of boat mistakenly extends into the boatyard