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The image shows a beach scene with two large wooden boats on the sandy shore. The boats have tall masts and one is draped with a net. The horizon can be seen high against the sky, meeting the distant sea. Smaller boats are visible further to the left. The brushstrokes depict the texture of the wood and the translucent net realistically. The color palette includes soft pastels, with pale blue skies and light sandy tones predominating, complemented by earthy browns and reds on the boats.
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The image shows a beach scene with two large wooden boats on the sandy shore. The boats have tall masts and one is draped with a net. The horizon can be seen high against the sky, meeting the distant sea. Smaller boats are visible further to the left. The brushstrokes depict the texture of the wood and the translucent net realistically. The color palette includes soft pastels, with pale blue skies and light sandy tones predominating, complemented by earthy browns and reds on the boats.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Blankenbergh

William Stanely Haseltine

Date
1876
Medium
gouache over graphite on blue wove paper laid down to board
Dimensions
sheet: 38.26 × 55.88 cm (15 1/16 × 22 in.) board: 40.96 × 58.42 cm (16 1/8 × 23 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.768
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Roger H. Plowden, daughter of the artist, 1952)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Germany
  • landscape
  • Boats
  • boat
Provenance

Mrs. Roger H. Plowden (daughter of the artist); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1952; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right in graphite: W.S.H. / Blankenbergh. July 2nd / 1876; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 15

NGA object ID 169491. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.