Painter:

Unknown  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Peabody Essex Museum East India Square Salem Massachusetts 01970 Accession Number: MIT 112

Notes:

Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster, "More Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum," Salem, MA: Peabody Museum of Salem, 1979, pg. 79.

Summary:

Waterscape depicting whaling ships making their way between the icebergs, while in the foreground a rowboat approaches a whale. Watching the scene from a nearby iceberg are two polar bears.

Topic:

Waterscape--Boat  Search this

Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this

Architecture--Boat--Rowboat  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Animal--Bear  Search this

Animal--Whale  Search this

Landscape--Phenomenon--Iceberg  Search this

Occupation--Industry--Whaling  Search this

Control number:

IAP 22661086

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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