A river scene depicting the Chelsea Regatta in London. In the foreground, right, spectators watch from a pier attached to Battersea Bridge as the competitors row past through a channel in the centre, away from the viewer. The greatest gathering of people is on the left bank. Crowds fill the pebbly shore and the balconies and windows of pubs and houses along the bank, waving, drinking and cheering as competitors, in coxless pairs, arrive down the river. Several men urge the competitors on from boats moored next to the shore. A great number of people watch from three tiers of a pub called 'The Adam & Eve', which is decorated with banners and flags. In the middleground, on the left, next to a church tower, more people watch from a row of cargo boats, some of which have been pulled up on to the shore.