A Sailing Party by Edward Henry Potthast — Postcard

A woman in white wades barefoot toward a green rowboat while others in sun hats and pastel dresses gather at the water's edge, a young boy at their side. Edward Henry Potthast captures a bright American summer day on the coast, sailboats drifting on brilliant blue water behind them. The painting is also known as “Going for a Sail.”

Impressionist beach scenes like this one are exactly the kind of find that makes digging through a postcrossing box worthwhile.

• Size: 10 × 15 cm
• Paper density: 350 g/m²