An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: William Bradford (American, 1823–1892)
Date: 1871
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 51 3/4 x 78 in. (131.4 x 198.1 cm); framed: 60 x 86 1/2 x 4 in.
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1982
Accession no.: 1982.443.1

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