The Blue Ensign flying at the stern of an unidentified passenger vessel related to the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

A close view of a Blue Ensign flying at the stern of an unidentified passenger vessel related to the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The ensign staff is fixed to the upper deck stern rails and they are covered with a canvas windbreak. Two men are leaning on the rail on the deck below. A mountainous coast is in the background and there are snow patches on the tops of the mountains.