Pen and ink drawing, approx. 6.8 × 12.4 cm (image only).
The editors of the
Library Edition
describe the image as “a sketch of calm sea at low tide, with sailing‐boat and fishermen”
(
Ruskin, Works, 2:341 n. 1).
Two fishing boats float side by side. Figures are at work both aboard the boats and in the water, the latter scooping with nets.
On shore, a lone figure observes the fishermen.