The image shows two House Maids sitting in a garden. Part of a large house can be seen ins the background.
The maid on the left has some knitting in her hands whilst the maid on the right is holding a book.
Newlyn fishwives and their wicker baskets, called Cowals, congregate near the entrance to the North Pier near the Newlyn Post Office (then the Coastguard building also now at the back of the Newlyn harbour offices).