William Bradford: Sailing Ships and Arctic Seas

by Richard C. Kugler and William Bradford

Book Overview

This volume presents 78 paintings by William Bradford (1823-1892) in full colour, from early ship portraits and harbour scenes to the Arctic views that would earn him the accolade Painter of the Polar World. Three authoritative essays provide new information on a career that began in the whaling port of New Bedford in the 1850s, included seven voyages to Labrador and the Arctic in the 1860s, and later attracted the patronage of Queen Victoria in London...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972222200
• ISBN13: 9780972222204
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.0" x 9.9"