Maurice Prendergast's graphite sketchbook drawing depicts a coastal landscape near the Granite Shore Hotel in Rockport, capturing a leisurely scene with figures scattered across the composition. The work demonstrates his characteristic attention to human activity within natural settings, rendered in delicate pencil work that suggests both architectural and figural forms. As a page from his working sketchbook, this drawing reveals Prendergast's process of studying light, composition, and the interaction between people and landscape that would inform his finished paintings.