Impressionists by the Sea, Royal Academy, London

The Beach at Trouville - The Empress Eugenie by Eugene Boudin, 1863. Oil on wood, 34.2 x 57.8cm. Photograph: Glasgow City Council (Museums) Photo © Glasgow City Council (Museums)

Shadows on the Sea - The Cliffs at Pourville by Claude Monet, 1882. Oil on canvas, 57 x 80cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, MIN 1753. Photograph: © Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek/Ole Haupt

By the Seashore by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1883. Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 72.4cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.125). Photograph: © 1999 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Villers-sur-Mer by Gustave Caillebotte, 1880. Oil on canvas, 60 x 73cm. Private collection. Photograph: Greg Staley, 2006

Boats on the Beach, Etretat by Claude Monet, 1885. Oil on canvas, 65 x 81.3cm. Charles H. and Mary FS Worcester Collection, 1947.95, The Art Institute of Chicago. Photograph: © The Art Institute of Chicago

The Sea-Arch at Etretat by Gustave Courbet, 1869. Oil on canvas, 79 x 128cm. The Trustees of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University of Birmingham. Photograph: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University of Birmingham

The Beach at Trouville by Claude Monet, 1870. Oil on canvas 53.5 x 65 cm Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Photograph: The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund

The Regatta at Sainte-Adresse by Claude Monet, 1867. Oil on canvas, 75.2 x 101.6cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951 (51.30.4). Photograph: © 1980 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Children at the Seashore by Mary Cassatt, 1884. Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 73.7cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 1970.17.19. Photograph: Richard Carafelli/Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art Washington