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BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 370 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRADFORD, See also:WILLIAM (1827—1892) , See also:American marine painter, was See also:born at New See also:Bedford, See also:Massachusetts. He was a Quaker, and was self-taught, See also:painting the See also:ships and the marine views he saw along the See also:coast of Massachusetts, Labrador and Nova See also:Scotia; he went on several See also:Arctic expeditions with Dr See also:Hayes, and was the first American painter to portray the frozen regions of the See also:north. His pictures attracted much See also:attention by See also:reason of their novelty and gorgeous See also:colour effects. His " Steamer ` See also:Panther ' in See also:Melville See also:Bay, under the See also:Light of the Midnight See also:Sun " was exhibited at the Royal See also:Academy in See also:London in 1875. Bradford waS a member of the See also:National Academy of See also:Design, New See also:York, and died in that See also:city on the 25th of See also:April 1892. His See also:style was somewhat influenced by See also:Albert See also:van Beest, who worked with Bradford at See also:Fairhaven for a See also:time; but Bradford is See also:minute and observant of detail where van Beest's aim is See also:general effect.

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