Eight Children by a Sloop, North Sea Coast c. 1922 - 1930

"Eight Children by a Sloop, North Sea Coast" is a color photograph taken by Adolphe Burdet, a Swiss photographer, sometime between 1922 and 1930. The photograph, which is currently housed in the Rijksmuseum, captures a group of children standing in a row next to a small, wooden boat on a beach. The children, dressed in their summer clothes, create a charming and light-hearted scene. The muted tones of the photograph and the calm, shallow water, enhance the peaceful atmosphere. Burdet, known for his use of Autochrome, a color photography process, employed it here to achieve a richly detailed image.