
The Coast of Labrador
1866 · Oil on canvas
72 × 113.3 cm (28 3/8 × 44 5/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago

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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