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The image displays a beach with two boats on the shore, a group of people standing near them. The horizon is visible slightly above the center, with a strip of sea meeting a pale sky. A distant ship is faintly visible on the horizon. The color palette is composed of muted tones of brown, blue, and gray. The artwork features soft textures, possibly created with thin brushstrokes or watercolor techniques.
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The image displays a beach with two boats on the shore, a group of people standing near them. The horizon is visible slightly above the center, with a strip of sea meeting a pale sky. A distant ship is faintly visible on the horizon. The color palette is composed of muted tones of brown, blue, and gray. The artwork features soft textures, possibly created with thin brushstrokes or watercolor techniques.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Blankenberge No.3

William Stanley Haseltine

Date
1875
Medium
pen and black ink with gouache on blue wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 38.1 × 56.3 cm (15 × 22 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1956.5.2
Credit line
Gift of Helen Haseltine Plowden
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Belgium
  • landscape
  • Romantic
  • Coast
  • Realist
  • Blankenberge
Inscription

lower left in black ink: WmS.H / Sep.30 / 1875; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 26; lower right verso in pen and purple ink by unknown hand: Property of Helen H. Plowden. / Blankenbergh 1875; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 26

NGA object ID 43570. 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.