A port broadside view of the Dover registered ketch Ada (1881) under sail in The Downs.

A port broadside view of the Dover registered ketch Ada (1881) under sail in The Downs, heading south. She has an outer jib, staysail, mainsail, main topsail, mizzen sail and square mizzen topsail set and is on the starboard tack. The photographer is in a boat to seaward looking towards Deal and Walmer. A note on the negative says the photographer is using Camera B