Section of an Immense Berg, Which Was Nearly Half a Mile in Length

Section of an Immense Berg, Which Was Nearly Half a Mile in Length

Bound volume

John L. Dunmore

Maker
American, 1833–1897

George P. Critcherson

Maker
American, 1823–1892

Section of an Immense Berg, Which Was Nearly Half a Mile in Length

The Arctic Regions: Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland


August 1869
Albumen silver print
Image: 10 11/16 × 13 9/16 in. (27.2 × 34.5 cm)
Mount: 19 × 24 1/4 in. (48.2 × 61.6 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1979.0071.0019
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BC: No. 101. Section of an Immense Berg, which was nearly half a mile in length, and was grounded in over five hundred feet of water. This Berg shows the texture very finely.
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