2 Frederic Edwin Church, Icebergs, July 1, 1859, 1859

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TitleIcebergs, July 1, 1859

Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1859

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsGraphite, brush, and white gouache on green wove paper

Dimensions10 13/16 × 17 15/16 in. (27.5 × 45.5 cm)

LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18196667/

Accession number1917-4-298

SubjectsIcebergs in artScientific expeditions--Arctic regionsDrawing--19th centuryHudson River school of landscape painting

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The Tip of The Icebergs

Eleanor Jones Harvey

The Voyage of the Icebergs: Frederic Church’s Arctic Masterpiece

In May 1862 Frederic Edwin Church had a problem. His latest “Great Picture,” a six-by-nine-foot canvas called The North—now known as The Icebergs—had failed to find a buyer, after being shown first in New York and then in Boston. As he had done with great success before,...

Author

Eleanor Jones Harvey

PublisherDallas Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.45-69

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00204.003

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20130&redirecttoanchor=48253

Chapter subject tags:Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900. IcebergsPolar regions--Discovery and explorationArtists' preparatory studiesAdvertisingWatkin, E. W. (Edward William), Sir, 1819-1901

Arctic Matters in Early America

Christopher P. Heuer

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On May 30, 1578, the English privateer Martin Frobisher (1539?–1594) launched the last of three ill-fated voyages toward a northwest passage to Asia. His sixteen ships left Harwich one month later than planned, headed for eastern Greenland. Passage or no, Frobisher had a supplementary motive: he meant to mine and...

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Christopher P. Heuer

PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art

Related print edition pages: pp.180-214

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00194.006

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Chapter subject tags:Polar regions--Discovery and explorationIcebergs in artCoastal mappingEarthworks (Art)

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