Printed page which shows a ship sailing near several icebergs. The icebergs are located in the middle of the page. The dominant iceberg looms over the two smaller icebergs which are located to the left and the front of the iceberg. The dominant iceberg is shaded in a combination of white and gray. It has smooth and rough textures along with jagged edges. The iceberg in left hand corner has jagged edges as well. The smallest of the icebergs has the peak visible but the rest is underwater. In the foreground, there is a ship which has black masts and deck. It is trying to navigate the icebergs through strong winds. Its white sails are catching the wind which give the ship a tilted impression.

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Book, After Icebergs with a Painter: A Summer Voyage to Labrador and around Newfoundland

This is a Book. It was published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, NY.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of After Icebergs.

It is dated 1861. Its medium is book. It is a part of the department.

Church and Noble embarked on their voyage on the steamship Merlin from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to St. John’s, Newfoundland in June 1859. In St. John’s, they chartered the schooner Integrity to take them to the icebergs, making observations and sailing among ice floes until late July.

Church planned to use his studies from the trip to create a monumental canvas. Noble observed Church at work and recorded their shared adventures in After Icebergs with a Painter. The book, published in 1861, coincided with the unveiling of Church’s painting The North (The Icebergs).

Publication of After Icebergs tapped into a growing market for stories and images of the far North. Polar exploration had begun earlier in the 19th century with Admiral Parry’s search for the northwest passage. Public interest grew in 1845, when British explorer Sir John Franklin and his entire expedition mysteriously disappeared in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

It is credited Courtesy Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

Its dimensions are

Approx. 24.1 × 16.5 × 2.5 cm (9 1/2 in. × 6 1/2 in. × 1 in.) - Closed

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition After Icebergs.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUrWM/
Accession Number 11.2019.1
Object ID 2318798285