Seated figure of bearded man in white, looking at wraiths of man and woman walking over the sea

Description

Watercolor on paper drawing of "Seated Figure of Bearded Man in White, looking at Wraiths of Man and Woman Walking over the Sea", July 20, 1797, from the Latrobe Sketchbooks, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. This drawing features a bearded man garbed in white sitting against a rocky cliff by the rough sea. He peeks from under a hood at two ghost-like figures in the moonlight of a man and woman holding hands and hovering above the waves.