A scene of three french naval vessels at anchor, flying french flags at their sterns, with small sailing, steam-powered and rowing craft in the foreground and background. A fortress is visible on the coastline on the far right of the image. The central image is a port side view of la gloire, an ironclad ship with three masts. Another ironclad is visible in the background, with sails hoisted. On the right of the image is a stern view of a three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship, also flying the french flag. The name daunawerth is visible across her stern and is hand-written below the image. Date: 1859.
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