Two Boats for "L'Abside de Notre-Dame de Paris"

Charles Meryon

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a top-down view of two rowboats sketched onto a piece of paper. The drawing focuses on the boats without any distant landscape elements. The technique used is loose pencil strokes, creating a sketch-like appearance. The color palette is monochrome with gray paper serving as the backdrop to darker gray and black pencil strokes forming the boats. One boat is detailed with visible planks and seats, while a smaller boat is also depicted with simple strokes. Both boats are parallel to horizontal lines that may represent water. The scene is minimalistic with all elements outlined.