Soldiers Loading Barges for a Large Sailing Ship Along the Coast

1784

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Langendijk portrays the waterfront as a site where members of different classes converge. The officers or gentlemen at center are juxtaposed with the laborers struggling to load packs onto mules; the fishermen taking account of their catch in the foreground; and the impoverished woman and children at right.

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Title: Soldiers Loading Barges for a Large Sailing Ship Along the Coast
Artist: Dirk Langendijk (Dutch, Rotterdam 1748–1805 Rotterdam)
Date: 1784
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 11/16 × 18 11/16 in. (29.7 × 47.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2015
Object Number: 2015.752.7
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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