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The image shows a coastal scene with a low vantage point looking towards the sea and distant hills. The horizon line is about one-third up from the bottom, with faint figures or structures in the distance. Brushstrokes are delicate and varied, with soft washes and sharp details, especially in the depiction of waves and a boat. The color palette is muted, dominated by shades of grey and soft beige. Hills rise in the distance, blending into the sky, and darker tones form trees and a boat in the foreground.
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The image shows a coastal scene with a low vantage point looking towards the sea and distant hills. The horizon line is about one-third up from the bottom, with faint figures or structures in the distance. Brushstrokes are delicate and varied, with soft washes and sharp details, especially in the depiction of waves and a boat. The color palette is muted, dominated by shades of grey and soft beige. Hills rise in the distance, blending into the sky, and darker tones form trees and a boat in the foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Boat on the Beach

Alfred Thompson Bricher

Date
c. 1890
Medium
brush and black ink with wash on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 7.62 × 16.67 cm (3 × 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.2913
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Albert R. Miller, Jr.)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Landscape
  • Lake
  • landscape
Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Albert R. Miller, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1985; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right in black ink: ATB [the artist's monogram]

NGA object ID 197477. 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.