Yet he was able to produce a final 'black painting', Seashore by Moonlight (1835–36), described by Vaughan as the "darkest of all his shorelines, in which richness of tonality compensates for the lack of his former finesse".
Alligevel kunne han male et sidste 'sort maleri', Strand i månelys (1835–36), som Vaughan beskriver som det "mørkeste af alle hans strande, hvor rigdommen i tonalitet kompenserer for fraværet af hans tidligere finesse".