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The image shows a seascape with ships anchored in icy waters. The horizon is low with towering icebergs creating a boundary between the sky and water. The style appears to be an etching with fine lines outlining the ships and ice. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. Patches of ice float in the water, while ships are seen in the distance across ice and water.
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Among the Ice Floes

William Bradford (American, 1823 - 1892)

1890

Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 37.78 x 64.14 cm (14 7/8 x 25 1/4 in.) ; plate: 42.55 x 67.63 cm (16 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.) ; sheet: 46.2 x 70.8 cm (18 3/16 x 27 7/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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