This graphite sketchbook work by Maurice Prendergast captures figures relaxing and strolling along a beach, rendered in the artist's characteristic loose and gestural drawing style. The composition demonstrates Prendergast's keen observation of leisure activities and his ability to convey movement and spatial relationships through economical linework. As part of his extensive sketchbook practice, the work reveals the artist's process of studying human figures and coastal scenes that would inform his more finished paintings and prints.