En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish)

John Singer Sargent

National Gallery of Art

This drawing depicts a group of people standing together, most of them facing left. There appear to be four women wearing dresses and shawls with head coverings, all holding baskets. There are also two children walking with them. More people can be seen in the distance on the right, next to what looks like a fence. The ground beneath the central group is covered with some reflective puddles, and in the distance on the left is what looks like a shoreline with small sailboats floating on the water. The sky above is cloudy.