by Vicente Palmaroli (1834–1896)
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I thought of you and how you love this beauty,
And walking up the long beach all alone
I heard the waves breaking in measured thunder
As you and I once heard their monotone.
Around me were the echoing dunes, beyond me
The cold and sparkling silver of the sea --
We two will pass through death and ages lengthen
Before you hear that sound again with me.
― Sarah Teasdale
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Sources:
[1] Original image and provenance from auction house Dorotheum.
[2] The Real Victorian's digitally enhanced version of the painting (seen above), downloadable as an 15” x 12” @ 300 ppi JPEG.
Digitally enhanced reproductions of public domain paintings are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Here is an intresting video on the history of seaside vacationing
and why it became popular in the Victorian era: