Drawings

Portrait of an Esquimaux throwing spear with sketch of his hand

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 93.18.67
Maker: Albert Jasper Ludwig Operti(Opens in new tab) (American, 1852–1927)
Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 18 1/2 in. (30.8 x 47 cm.)
Medium: oil on board
Description: One of 148 oil sketches made by Albert Operti, a fellow of the Geographical Society, official artist to Commander Peary's expedition in 1896. Painted on the spot by Mr. Operti, who spent two years in the frozen north. Every picture is historically correct. Commander Peary stated, "the most accurate and effective pictures that I have ever seen of that region." All unpublished, with the exception of a few that were used in "Northward Over the Great Ice" by Commander Peary.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: American Art
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