This graphite sketchbook page by Maurice Prendergast depicts figures relaxing on a beach near the Granite Shore Hotel in Rockport, capturing the leisure activities of early twentieth century seaside visitors. The drawing demonstrates Prendergast's characteristic interest in documenting contemporary social scenes with loose, gestural line work that conveys movement and informal groupings of people. As a work on paper from his sketchbook, it reflects the artist's ongoing practice of drawing from observation, which often served as preparation for his more finished paintings and prints.