William Bradford

American · 1823–1892 · Painter, Photographer

William Bradford was an American romanticist painter, photographer and explorer, originally from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near New Bedford. His early work focused on portraits… (Wikipedia)

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William Bradford was an American romanticist painter, photographer and explorer, originally from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near New Bedford. His early work focused on portraits of the many ships in New Bedford Harbor. In 1858, his painting New Bedford Harbor at Sunset was included in Albert Bierstadt's landmark New Bedford Art Exhibition.

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Born 1823, FairhavenDied 1892, New York CityOccupation Painter, PhotographerWikidata Q8005829 ↗ULAN 500003752 ↗Museum works 17

Also known as Bradford, W. David Bradford, wm. bradford

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William Bradford, An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay — **An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay**1871 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of D…

William Bradford, An Incident of Whaling — **An Incident of Whaling**1880s · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of DeLancey Thorn Grant, in memory of…

William Bradford, Off Greenland—Whaler Seeking Open Water — **Off Greenland—Whaler Seeking Open Water**Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of DeLancey Thorn Grant, in memory of…

William Bradford, Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm) — **Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm)**ca. 1860–61 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, John Osgood and Elizabeth Amis Came…

William Bradford, Among the Ice Floes — **Among the Ice Floes**1890 · etching in black on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift …

William Bradford, An Arctic Summer: Boring though the Pack in Melville Bay — **An Arctic Summer: Boring though the Pack in Melville Bay**1871
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Bradford, Arctic Caravan — **Arctic Caravan**
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

William Bradford, Ice-Dwellers Watching the Invaders — **Ice-Dwellers Watching the Invaders**1875
New Bedford Whaling Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — New Bedford Whaling Museum

William Bradford, Scene in the Arctic — **Scene in the Arctic**1880
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

William Bradford, Arctic Sunset with Rainbow — **Arctic Sunset with Rainbow**1877
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

William Bradford, Fishing Boats and Icebergs — **Fishing Boats and Icebergs**
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

William Bradford, Ice Floes under the Midnight Sun — **Ice Floes under the Midnight Sun**1869
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/b9b24f74b1e345aef6681b9c26374aa6 ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

William Bradford, The Coast of Labrador — **The Coast of Labrador**1866 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund — public domain (CC0)

William Bradford, The Schooner Jane of Bath, Maine — **The Schooner Jane of Bath, Maine**1857 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dr. John J. Ireland — public domain (CC0)

William Bradford, Labrador Coast — **Labrador Coast**c. 1860 · oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund — Open Access (…

William Bradford, Arctic Seascape — **Arctic Seascape**n.d. · Etching on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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