The Arctic Regions: No. 36. The Glacier As Seen Flowing Or Being Forced Down Between The Hills, Ploughing Up A Moraine Of Earth And Rocks, Twenty To Thirty Feet High

1869

George P. Critcherson

Artist, American, active 1850s-1870s

John L. Dunmore

Artist, American, 1833 - 1897

John L. Dunmore, and George P. Critcherson

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 11 5/16 x 15 1/2 in. (28.7 x 39.4 cm)
    support: 47.9 x 61.8 cm (18 7/8 x 24 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.170.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

Printed in letterpress, across bottom on support: No. 36. THE GLACIER AS SEEN FLOWING OR BEING FORCED DOWN BETWEEN TEH HILLS, PLOUGHING UP A MORAINE OF EARTH ADN ROCKS, TWENTY TO THIRTY FEET HIGH.; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: William Bradford 81.269

Wikidata ID

Q64146951

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