An unidentified man having a smoke on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942).

A full length study of an unidentified man having a cigarette on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942). He is wearing a battledress jacket, shorts with the legs rolled up and knee length socks rolled down to the ankles. He is on the starboard side of the navigating bridge leaning on the front while looking forward. He has a cigarette in his right hand and is said to be nicknamed 'Sparks'. The photographer is standing behind and to the left of the subject. Vertical format.