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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.562
People
John L. Dunmore, American (1823 - 1892)
George P. Critcherson, American (Dorchester, MA 1833 - 1902 Somerville, MA)
Author: William Bradford, American (Fairhaven, MA 1823 - 1892 New York, NY)
Title
Untitled ("Steamer fast between floe ice and field ice, Melville Bay")
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: William Bradford, The Arctic regions, illustrated with photographs taken on an art expedition to Greenland (London, 1873), plate 94
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c.1869
Places
Creation Place: North America, Greenland
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158918

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.8 x 29.3 cm (8 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
mount: 35.5 x 43.2 cm (14 x 17 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from Widener Library
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.562
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
The 'Panther' made fast to the Floe in Melville Bay, between the Icebergs and Field Ice. Plate 94 in William Bradford, The Arctic regions, illustrated with photographs taken on an art expedition to Greenland (London, 1873).

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/07/2017 - 07/11/2017

Verification Level

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