A starboard bow view of an unidentified oyster smack under full sail while racing, probably in the Thames Estuary.

A starboard bow view of an unidentified oyster smack under full sail while racing, probably in the Thames Estuary. She is sailing goose-winged and she has a triangular sail rigged below the mainsail boom which is set to starboard. Another smack and a spritsail barge are in the background. A vertical format negative.