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William Bradford

1823

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_2025.47.1
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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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.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (4)

The Coast of Labrador

1866 · Oil on canvas

72 × 113.3 cm (28 3/8 × 44 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Schooner Jane of Bath, Maine

1857 · Oil on canvas

30.8 × 51.1 cm (12 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Labrador Coast

1855 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 46 x 76.5 cm (18 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Arctic Seascape

1843 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 12.4 × 22.8 cm (4 15/16 × 9 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 33.4 cm (10 9/16 × 13 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Labrador Coast
1855 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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