The painting shows a young woman from a fishing village who sits on the sand with her little daughter.

[1] Between 1885 and 1886, Bilińska used to leave Paris and spend her summer holiday in Pourville, Normandy.

In this period, the artist experienced a nervous breakdown resulting from the recent death of her father and a close friend – Klementyna Krassowska.

The painting depicts a realistic scene from a beach located by the English Channel and conveys a profound sense of melancholy.

The artist captured not only the gloomy atmosphere and the vastness of the seaside landscape but also the complex nature of motherhood.