Arctic Regions: Hunting by Steam in Melville Bay, The Party after a Day's Sport Killing Six Polar Bears within the Twenty-Four Hours

Creator Name

Dunmore and Critcherson, active 1865-1875

Cultural Context

Date

1860s, 1870s

Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum;

Smithsonian Institution

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Title

Arctic Regions: Hunting by Steam in Melville Bay, The Party after a Day's Sport Killing Six Polar Bears within the Twenty-Four Hours

Creator

Dunmore and Critcherson, active 1865-1875, Artist

Worktype

Photography-Photoprint; Photographs

Cultural Context

Material

albumen silver print

Dimensions

sheet and image: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 in. (27.7 x 38.8 cm.)

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Date

1860s, 1870s;
Date: 1869, published 1873

Provenance

Credit Line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs

Style Period

Rights

CC0

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Location

Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum;

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Subjects

Figure group; Architecture\boat\sailing ship; Recreation\sport and play\hunting; Waterscape\sea\Arctic Ocean; Landscape\Greenland; Waterscape\bay\Melville Bay; Sailing ships; Boats and boating; Sport and play; Hunting; Architecture; Waterscapes; Sea; Melville Bay; Landscapes; Recreation; Arctic Ocean; Bay

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