2.2002.575: Untitled ("The midnight sun in Melville Bay in August")

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2.2002.575

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 ("The midnight sun in Melville Bay in August")

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: William Bradford, The Arctic regions, illustrated with photographs taken on an art expedition to Greenland (London, 1873), plate 80

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1869

Places

Creation Place: North America, Greenland

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/159108

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.8 x 23.3 cm (6 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
mount: 33 x 40.4 cm (13 x 15 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, b.l. corner, in black ink: The midnight sun in Melville bay in August

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

2.2002.575

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

The Midnight Sun in Melville Bay in August. Plate 80 in William Bradford, The Arctic regions, illustrated with photographs taken on an art expedition to Greenland (London, 1873).

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