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An Incident of Whaling
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An Incident of Whaling

William Bradford

1880s

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

SnowShipsIceBoats

Dimensions

22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of DeLancey Thorn Grant, in memory of her mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, 1990

Department

The American Wing

Culture

American

Rights

Public Domain

About William Bradford

1823–1892 • United States

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