Temporary scaffold staging on The Arena by No. 2 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A close view of one end of the temporary scaffold and board staging erected on the east side of The Arena, near the head of No. 2 Dry Dock, in Portsmouth Dockyard, looking north. The Victory (1765) is in the background with her yards sent down. The staging may be for the purposes of a large group photograph with the Victory as a backdrop. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P25/43 is written near the top of the negative. Vertical format.