This graphite sketchbook drawing by Maurice Prendergast captures a coastal settlement with loosely rendered houses nestled along a shoreline, demonstrating the artist's characteristic interest in leisure landscapes and seaside views. The sketchy, economical linework conveys a sense of immediacy and observation, typical of Prendergast's working method in his portable sketchbooks. The composition emphasizes the spatial relationship between the architectural forms and the natural landscape, reflecting the artist's modernist approach to depicting everyday scenes of American life during the early twentieth century.