There is an old iron anchor in the foreground of this serene view of a coastal salt marsh, As we look across the water we can see a home and a dock. The antique painting is signed but not dated, but likely it was created around 1900, and may depict a coastal inlet of New York, where the artist Carlton Theodore Chapman lived.

The painting is oil on canvas, which has been laid to a board. The size, with frame, is 26 x 38 inches.

Carlton Theodore Chapman (1860-1925), studied in New York City at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, and in Paris at Académie Julian. His works were widely exhibited, and he won major awards including World's Columbian Expo (Chicago), 1893 (award); Atlanta Expo, 1895 (award);Pan-American Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (medal).