Circa 1885 The sketch depicts a 19th century harbor scene. Three fully rigged sailing vessels with masts are moored at what appears to be a stone wall. A pier extends into the distance on the left hand side of the sketch. This untitled oil sketch on canvas was discovered behind a framed, 1883 Dutch scene watercolor painting by Charles A. Platt, while it was under restoration by the Williamstown Art Conservation Center in 2009. Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933) was a prominent American artist, landscape designer and architect of the “American Renaissance” movement. Platt was born in New York City, attended the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League in New York, and later in Paris the Academie Julian. In the decade 1880-1890 he made hundreds of etchings of architecture and landscapes. At the Paris Salon of 1885 he exhibited his paintings and etchings and gained his first audience. Charles A. Platt was the architect of the Crandall Library built circa 1930, and gifted the 1883 Dutch scene watercolor to the Library upon opening its new facillities