Trams are passing in front of the building on Inns Quay and people are strolling by in the foreground.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan possibly taken from Wellington Quay of the inhabitants of Dublin viewing the Four Courts possibly after the surrender of the republicans. People line the pavement along the quay looking at the damaged building in the distance; others hurry to get a view; bicycles are parked at the kerb; a woman and her dog stroll towards O'Connell Bridge.

The photograph has been taken from Nelson's Pillar. Showing the façade of the GPO, with its gutted interior, silhouetted against a dark sky. Members of the public are walking by the GPO in the murky gloom, and a soldier or policeman appears to be on duty.

The two photographs are taken from different angles. They show dust rising from the ruins and one photograph incorporates a group of people watching the process with curiosity. A building contractor's sign has been hung on the adjacent building.

The two photographs have some differences in detail. The bridge damage is being viewed, in the rain, by onlookers. Some men are on a ladder repairing tram cables and soldiers are standing on duty.