Pencil and watercolor sketch of a harbor with two steamships in bold blue and white dazzle camouflage, smoke rising, rowboats on the water, and a lamp post at left.

Harlequin Freighters

A harbor scene drawn in charcoal and watercolor shows two steamships with bold blue, white, and dark geometric dazzle camouflage moored beside a quay. Smoke and cloud puffs rise above the masts, rowboats cross the water, and a lamp post, cranes, and coiled rope stand in the foreground.

Artist: Smith
Date: July 1918
Medium: paper (overall material) charcoal; watercolor (overall production method/technique)
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)
Size: 2768 × 1916 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1918).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History

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