We present SCUBA imaging and photometry of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4374 .
The imaging observations are used to examine the spatial distribution of thermal emission from dust and the radio to infrared continuum spectrum .
In the SCUBA 850 \mu { m } image , the galaxy is found to be a point source , constraining the emission to less than 15 ^ { \prime \prime } ( 1.5 kpc for a distance of 20.74 Mpc ) .
The simplest interpretation is that the 2000 \mu m to 850 \mu m SCUBA emission is synchroton from a compact core or inner-jet , and most unlikely thermal emission from cold diffuse dust .
We can not exclude free-free emission , but this would be very unexpected .
The thermal emission from dust is shown in IRAS data and these along with the 450 \mu m SCUBA datum give a dust temperature of 35 K , corresponding to a dust mass of 1.2 \times 10 ^ { 5 } { M } _ { \odot } .
These are pilot observations in a program to look for cold , diffusely distributed dust in elliptical galaxies , however much deeper 450 \mu m imaging is required to investigate this in NGC 4374 .