The painting is set at dusk with a storm tossed tree and a ruined wall in the foreground, and a ruined Scots castle behind.
The scene is lit from the setting sun with the cliff edge running to the right.
On the sea on the right is that symbol of Inter-War British Naval Supremacy the Battleship ‘Hood’ that vanished in a massive magazine explosion while engaging with the German Battleship ‘Bismarck’ in 1941.
This picture symbolises the ephemeral nature of power both on land and sea, and how great symbols of strength can come crashing down.
