It's suggested this is one half of a panorama, but it's not clear what the second half of the panorama is. Other photographs of St. Paul's Bay by Calvert Richard Jones are related and imply what the second half of the panorama might look like, but don't quite look right. Possibly because, when placed alongside each other it looks like the same figures appear in both halves of the panorama at the same time.
The panorama photographs of Calvert Richard Jones feature in a Talbot project post.