American Whalers Crushed in the Ice: "Burning the Wrecks to Avoid Danger to Other Vessels"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Lithographer
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1868–78
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 9/16 × 12 1/2 in. (21.7 × 31.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 15 1/4 in. (28.4 × 38.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession year: 1963