Artworks · George P. Critcherson

“Peter Motzfeldt and wife”

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

4 3/16 × 2 15/16" (10.6 × 7.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

“An Esquimaux getting ready for a seal hunt, his toupek, or skin tent on the right”

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 9/16 × 4 7/16" (9.1 × 11.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Esquimaux Mother and Her Fair-Haired Daughter"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 1/2 × 2 5/8" (8.9 × 6.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The Glacier as seen forcing itself down over the land and into the waters of the Fiord. The Glacier seen at the left on the land is much finer rendered in the large upright view, No. 40."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 13/16 × 8 3/4" (14.8 × 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

“View looking down the fiord from the top of the glacier”

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 1/4" (7.6 × 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

“View of the ruins looking across the fiord”

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 3/16" (7.5 × 10.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"View of the Sermitsialik Glacier, the front extending into the middle of the Fiord, showing over one mile of its front, which was over 275 above the water."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

Overall 10 9/16 × 24 9/16" (26.9 × 62.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Front view of the glacier"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

11 1/2 × 15 7/16" (29.3 × 39.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The party in camp on the top of the Glacier after a day's journey inland. Dr. Hayes may be se en at the right-hand side of the tent."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4 1/4" (7.6 × 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The front of the glacier, as seen on the land, being forced over the rocks"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

15 7/16 × 12 3/8" (39.2 × 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"View in the fiord of what may be termed a jam of icebergs"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

11 × 14 1/2" (28.0 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"View of the top of the Glacier, showing the crevasses, with the party in the distance."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 13/16 × 3 1/2" (7.2 × 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Head of an Esquimaux Man"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

oval 2 15/16 × 2 3/16" (7.5 × 5.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The steamer among the icebergs heading to the northward"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 1/8 × 4 1/8" (8.0 × 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Motzfeldt's House, in which the ball was given, with a group of Esquimaux in front of it. The house in the foreground is his private residence."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4 1/4" (7.4 × 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Side view of the glacier, where the middle is forced out more rapidly than the sides."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

4 1/8 × 3 1/8" (10.5 × 8.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of icebergs off the coast, at mid day"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 11/16 × 7 3/4" (14.5 × 19.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"This View shows the beautiful forms in varied shapes which the Berg assumed. On this Berg we found a Lake of Fresh Water, covering an acre in extent."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

6 × 8 7/8" (15.2 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"An iceberg about one hundred feet high"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4" (7.7 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of iceberg"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4" (7.6 × 10.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous View of Icebergs Which, From their Similarity and Beauty, We Named the Twins"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

6 × 8 7/8" (15.0 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of icebergs passed off the coast"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 1/4" (7.5 × 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Kunak mountain, with the commencement of a fog bank"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

10 15/16 × 15 3/8" (27.8 × 39.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Steaming up the coast"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4 1/2" (7.6 × 11.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of icebergs on our way North"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 9/16 × 7 5/8" (14.1 × 19.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Approaching the coast near Iviktut, the Mountain partially covered with a storm cloud"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4 1/4"(7.4 × 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Icebergs Passed near the Newfoundland Coast"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 13/16 × 4 5/16" (7.2 × 11.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Kunak mountain in Davis Straits"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

11 × 15 3/8" (27.8 × 39.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Kunak mountain partially enveloped in a fog"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

10 15/16 × 15 7/16" (27.8 × 39.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Esac's house on Iglor at the right"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 11/16 × 5 7/16" (6.9 × 13.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Cliffs seen on the south side of Arsut Fiord, three thousand feet high. Those seen in the distance are four thousand feet high."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

13 13/16 × 11 5/8" (35.1 × 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Looking down Karsut Fiord - the cliffs on the left were calculated by Dr. Hayes at about 4,000 feet in height."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

6 7/8 × 8 15/16" (17.5 × 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The Steamer under the midnight sun, anchored about two miles from the Devil's Thumb."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4 15/16" (7.4 × 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Where we patiently waited and quietly hoped for the ice to open"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

4 1/4 × 3 1/4" (10.7 × 8.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg with an arch in it, which, when connected with the Glacier, will give the reader to understand how the water flows from the Glacier through these arches, causing the rapid current."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 3/16" (7.5 × 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of icebergs"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 3/4 × 5 3/4" (9.4 × 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Iviktut, with Kunak mountain in the distance"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4 3/16" (7.6 × 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Esquimaux carrying his kayak to the water to start on hunt"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4" (7.2 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

“A view overlooking the ruins at Krakortok”

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

10 15/16 × 15 3/8" (27.8 × 39.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"View of Julianeshaab"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 7/8 × 8 13/16" (14.9 × 22.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The "Panther" fast in the field ice in Melville Bay."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4 7/8" (7.4 × 12.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"An Esquimaux burial ground. The crosses have been placed here by some of the whalers, who had lost some one of their number."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4 5/16" (7.3 × 11.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The "panther" passing up the coast under the midnight sun"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4 1/4" (7.6 × 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg with the figure of a man clinging to the top"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4 3/16" (7.6 × 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

“Esquimaux in his kayak or skin boat”

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 7/8" (7.4 × 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Side view of the front of the glacier"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

4 × 3" (10.2 × 7.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Esquimaux in his kayak ready for seal hunting"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 5/16 × 4 9/16" (8.4 × 11.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg grounded near the land"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 1/16 × 4 15/16" (12.8 × 12.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art