The island in the picture received the name of "Ten Pounds" because this was the sum that the British paid the Indians for it. Situated in the port of Gloucester, it was a motif for many of Lane's paintings. In the precision of the drawing we can appreciate the mark of his work as a lithographer, as well as the strong influence of the Dutch landscape painting of the XVIIth century that Lane received through Salmon. With attention to incidental detail he situates the little figures in the foreground, which contrasts with the more atmospheric and luminist feeling of the background of the composition.
