Last Gleam of the Midnight Sun.

£12,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A wonderful survival with excellent provenance. This watercolour is a preparatory study for Bradford’s famous oil painting, “Midnight Sun, The Arctic.” Born in Fairhaven, Mass., at the peak of the American whaling industry, William Bradford (1823-1892) began, and enjoyed considerable success, as a maritime painter. In

• Year: 1878

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