A watercolour showing a soldier diving into a river to save a drowning man. The river is shown in the foreground, with a man shown drowning in the centre. A boat is shown to the left, surrounded by bushes. The soldier is diving into the river from a bridge with a cross at its centre and several onlookers. A figure to the left is holding a long pole. Buildings are shown to the right.
Inscribed above: 1831.