Erik Wilhelm Le Moine is an artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Finnish National Gallery.

Erik Wilhelm Le Moine liked to lean out of windows. He spent years sketching Helsinki’s harbor from his fifth-floor studio, pencil and charcoal in hand, watching trams and steamers crowd the docks below. His portraits catch people mid-thought, not posing, like that 1840s ink sketch of poet Eric Sjöberg, coffee cup balanced on a knee.

You’ll recognize his style in the tight silverpoint lines of Helsinki nähtynä Kluuvinlahden yli; tap the drawing to zoom in and spot the tiny smoke rings from a tugboat’s stack.