Sketchbook, page 005: Notes

Maurice Prendergast

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lined paper with blue lines. The paper is yellowed, slightly worn, and has rounded corners. The paper is marked 005 in the bottom-right corner. The handwriting on the page includes dates and weather observations. The writing is in blue ink. The writing includes the date October 31, 1905. The writing includes the date November 8, 1905. The handwriting includes the text: "lets us all take off our hats to october. The finest ever one rainy and one cloudy day. The weather is shining every day". The handwriting includes the text: "november 8 1905. Sunshiny day. Temperature in the morning went up. Swimining temperature of the water 88". The handwriting includes the text: "november 4th". The writing is in cursive. The page appears to be from a notebook or journal. The background of the image is dark gray. There is a small black dot on the top of the page. The pages appear slightly frayed on the left side.