Gathering Flowers, Shinnecock, Long Island

William Merritt Chase

National Gallery of Art

This drawing shows a landscape of gently rolling hills covered with multicolored grass. The horizon is near the center, showing a pale blue sky with soft clouds. The tall grass on the hills is in shades of green, tan, pale pink, and pale blue. In the center are two large flower boxes filled with flowers in shades of bright yellow, orange, and white. A girl in a white dress bends down by the flower beds, reaching down to pick some bright yellow flowers. She wears bright red tights and a white hat on top of her shoulder-length brown hair. Behind her, on the right, a child appears to sit in a wheelbarrow or sled with long handles, wearing a puffy blue dress and a red hat. Farther away, another person stands in the grass facing the flowers. This person wears a blue dress and a pale blue hat, and they hold a wheelbarrow. All three people have pale skin and blurred faces. In the distance, beyond the hills, we can see patches of a blue body of water.