Caption

Seascape with a standing figure at the waterline, sketchbook page, Drawing in a frame. Page 16 verso from a sketchbook with 17 pages., draftsman (artist): Monogrammist DS (draughtsman), c. 1850 - c. 1950, draftsman (artist), inorganic material, paper, chalk, black chalk, height 252 mm x width 325 mm, sea (seascape) (landscape with figures, staffage), A wide, lightly shaded sky occupies the upper area with soft, diagonal pencil strokes forming cloudlike shapes, while below a broad, horizontal band suggests a calm sea with gentle rippling marks; near the lower center a solitary, standing figure faces the water, sketched with simple vertical strokes and subtle shading, and the foreground shows darker, smudged pencil textures indicating wet sand or shoreline.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B47_032

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.8Mb (5.8Mb) / 16.5in x 12.9in / 4953 x 3868 (300dpi)

Keywords

Seascape standing figure waterline sketchbook page Drawing frame Page 16 verso sketchbook 17 pages draftsman artist Monogrammist DS draughtsman c 1850 - c 1950 inorganic material paper chalk black chalk height 252 mm x width 325 mm sea seascape landscape figures staffage wide lightly shaded sky occupies upper area soft diagonal pencil strokes forming cloudlike shapes broad horizontal band calm sea gentle rippling marks near lower center solitary standing figure faces water sketched simple vertical strokes subtle shading foreground darker smudged pencil textures indicating wet sand shoreline