Recto: top row, view from dunes toward the sea and far shore. Color notations written with pencil along left edge. Second row: a dwelling surrounded by trees shown in the middle distance. Third row: sky over the dunes and sea. Masts of ships shown in background. Inscribed with color notations. First row, left: a man with a net, standing in water. Horizontal lines are drawn beneath sketches. Place and date left. Bottom: a tree in the dunes, with color notations written beneath. Verso: at top, an old cedar growing in front of bushes and trees. At bottom of sheet, a bush, with place, name and date. At right, dunes with sea shown in left background. Date: September 1878. Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.1 cm (9 5/16 x 5 15/16 in. ). Medium: graphite, paper, pen and ink, wash, watercolor. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Sketches from Sea Girt, New Jersey, September 1878 (CH 18369021)
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