This graphite sketchbook page by Maurice Prendergast depicts seated female figures near the Granite Shore Hotel in Rockport, demonstrating the artist's keen observational approach to capturing leisure scenes. The loose, gestural line work and quick notation typical of sketchbook studies reveal Prendergast's interest in figure placement and compositional arrangement within a coastal resort setting. The work exemplifies his practice of sketching contemporary life and leisure activities that would inform his more finished paintings and prints.