This pencil sketch from Maurice Prendergast's Italian Sketchbook captures a sailboat with the artist's characteristic loose, gestural line work. The drawing demonstrates Prendergast's keen observational ability and his interest in capturing the essence of movement and form rather than meticulous detail. As a page from his travel sketchbook, it reflects the artist's practice of rapid notation during his Italian journeys, which would later inform his more finished watercolor and oil paintings.