Title: The Ice-Breaker 'Ermac'
Signed: yes Description: In this work, the Russian painter Tolidze shows the steam ship 'Ermac' breaking up a large ice sheet. In the foreground polar bears and penguins look on. In the nineteenth century, advanced technology opened new possibilities of travel and exploration, and here the...
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1899
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| Online Access: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=86454 |
| Summary: | Signed: yes Description: In this work, the Russian painter Tolidze shows the steam ship 'Ermac' breaking up a large ice sheet. In the foreground polar bears and penguins look on. In the nineteenth century, advanced technology opened new possibilities of travel and exploration, and here the artist has depicted man's dominance over nature, charting previously unchartered territory. |
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