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Among the Ice Floes

1890

William Bradford

Associated Names

William Bradford

Artist, American, 1823 - 1892

The image shows a seascape with ships anchored in icy waters. The horizon is low with towering icebergs creating a boundary between the sky and water. The style appears to be an etching with fine lines outlining the ships and ice. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. Patches of ice float in the water, while ships are seen in the distance across ice and water.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 37.78 x 64.14 cm (14 7/8 x 25 1/4 in.)
plate: 42.55 x 67.63 cm (16 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.)
sheet: 46.2 x 70.8 cm (18 3/16 x 27 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.1024

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Exhibition History

2016

Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 52.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: William Bradford; lower right in plate: William Bradford / '90

Markings

remarque of small boats and whale in lower left margin

Wikidata ID

Q76457547

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