Seascape

Walter Shirlaw

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white painting of a seascape. The painting is rectangular. The scene shows a body of water with a shoreline in the foreground. The shoreline curves upward on the left side and juts out into the water on the right. There are multiple sailboats in the water behind the shoreline. The sailboats are arranged horizontally across the center of the painting. The boats have triangular white sails. The water is shaded with various tones of gray and black. The shoreline and water are shaded with various tones of gray. The sky above is shaded with various tones of gray. The artist's signature appears in the bottom left corner. The title of the painting is "Seascape" and the artist is Walter Shirlaw.