In addition to representations seized from the life of women, representations of artists in their studios, still lifes with objects from the Far East and ingredients for a meal, townscapes, landscapes and marines, Ensor also painted some representations which bear witness to his interest in the very popular naturalism. Among the drawn copies there are also depictions of workers, peasants, fishermen, street urchins, vagrants or Charles Hermans' controversial depiction of the meeting of workers and rich boys in the streets of the capital. Whether Ensor painted naturalistic scenes as a form of protest or identified himself with the young rower who is rowing through the fog towards a boat in order to guide it into the harbour, we do not know for sure.