The Arctic Regions
- The Arctic Regions
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In summer 1869, the painter William Bradford sailed north along the coast of Labrador as far as Baffin Island, Canada, and Melville Bay, Greenland, on a purpose-built Arctic steamer, The Panther. The aim of the expedition—which this volume chronicled in text and photographs—was art. Bradford drew and painted oil sketches, but he also brought along the photographers John Dunmore and George Critcherson, each of whom had previously traveled with him. The resulting publication, interspersed with 24 full-page photographs and 117 smaller photographs mounted to text pages, is among the most sumptuous volumes published in the 19th century.
ProvenanceErving and Joyce Wolf, New York; [Donald A. Heald Rare Books, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Published References * Adam Greenhalg, "The Not So Truthful Lens: William Bradford's 'The Arctic Regions'," in Richard C. Kugler et al., "William Bradford: Sailing Ships & Arctic Seas" (New Bedford, MA : New Bedford Whaling Museum, in association with the University of Washington Press ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2003) pp. 72-86. * Kelley, Wyn. "Seeing Twice: William Bradford's The Arctic Regions in Print and Paint." J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists 3, no. 2 (2015): 429-436. * LeBourdais, George Philip. Tracing The Arctic Regions: Exploring Ice and Time in Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Greenland. Stanford University, 2018. * Horch, Frank. "Photographs and paintings by William Bradford." American Art Journal 5, no. 2 (1973): 61-70. * Dunmore, John, George Critcherson, William Bradford, and Sandra S. Phillips. "The Arctic Voyage of William Bradford." Aperture 90 (1983): 16-27.
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