The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 15, 2026

A horizontally oriented etching depicts a coastal scene in black and white. On the left, a jagged cliff shaded with dense, dark lines looms over the water, figures perched atop its ridge. In the foreground, a figure in a dark swimsuit stands in rippling water, facing right. Sparse, horizontal strokes define the sea surface, where distant boats float near a rocky outcropping under a pale sky stretching across the horizon.

The Bather

c. 1887–1940

Charles Herbert Woodbury

(American, 1864–1940)
America
etching
Gift of David O. Woodbury 1941.386
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.386