A view of workmen constructing a cutter on dry land next to the sea. The cutter is raised from the ground by blocks and slanted wooden beans support the hull. On the ground, workmen carry wooden planks, pull rope, measure, and direct other workers. On the boat, workmen hammer nails on the deck. The background behind the half-constructed cutter is a mountainside with lush foliage. In the sea at the right, ships sail in the distance. The scene is in an oval within a rectangular border. The corners of the rectangle are filled in with a small grid pattern. This print is from a series of paintings after Kitchingman of a cutter from its construction until its wreck in a storm, which were then in the collection of Mr. Newton (Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol). The descriptive line, "From an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr. Newton," present in the same prints of the same series is missing. The collector, Arthur H. Clark, used this print from his collection to illustrate his book 'The History of Yachting, 1600-1815' (New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904), 174.
