An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay
Object type: Painting
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: William Bradford
Artist bio: American, 1823–1892
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
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.

Credit line: Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1982
Accession year: 1982
Tags: Ships|Landscapes