An Incident of Whaling

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Artist: William Bradford (American, 1823–1892)
Date: 1880s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.4 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Bequest of DeLancey Thorn Grant, in memory of her mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, 1990
Accession no.: 1990.197.1

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William Bradford
1871 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00000430
Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm)
William Bradford
ca. 1860–61 · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00000431
The Schooner Jane of Bath, Maine
William Bradford
1857 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000628
The Coast of Labrador
William Bradford
1866 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001432

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.