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An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay
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An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay

William Bradford

1871

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

ShipsLandscapes

Dimensions

51 3/4 x 78 in. (131.4 x 198.1 cm); framed: 60 x 86 1/2 x 4 in.

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1982

Department

The American Wing

Culture

American

Rights

Public Domain

About William Bradford

1823–1892 • United States

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