This pencil sketch from Maurice Prendergast's Italian Sketchbook captures a gondolier with the artist's characteristic loose, gestural line work and keen observational study. The drawing demonstrates Prendergast's interest in everyday Venetian life and his ability to convey movement and personality through economical pencil marks. As part of a larger series of travel sketches, this work reflects the artist's practice of documenting his impressions during his 1898 and 1899 visits to Italy, which would later inform his more finished paintings and prints.