The Icebergs

Frederic Edwin Church

1861 · Oil on canvas · Dallas Museum of Art

Size2:3 ratio

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About this work

Artist: Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
Year: 1861
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 163.8 × 285.8 cm
Collection: Dallas Museum of Art
Movement: Hudson River School

Towering icebergs glow turquoise, white and rose in the afternoon light of the North Atlantic; in the foreground, on a shelf of ice, lies the broken mast of a wrecked ship. Church chartered a boat in 1859 and spent a month sketching icebergs off Newfoundland and Labrador, at the height of public fascination with Arctic exploration and the lost Franklin expedition. He showed the finished canvas, nearly three metres wide, in New York in 1861 as The North, charging twenty-five cents admission; the Civil War had just begun, and before the picture travelled to London he retitled it The Icebergs and added the mast. The railway magnate Sir Edward Watkin bought it in England. It then vanished from view for most of a century until it was found in a school in Manchester in 1979 and sold at auction for a record 2.5 million dollars. Norma and Lamar Hunt gave it to the Dallas Museum of Art.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Icebergs glowing turquoise, white and rose with a broken mast on the ice, for a living room, bathroom or cool bedroom at 24×36 in black or oak. A white, pale blue or charcoal wall; it reads across a room and suits spare rooms.

Style: Exhibition poster of a Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1861)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Icebergs in the public domain?

Yes. Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Dallas Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Icebergs painted, and in what medium?

The Icebergs dates from 1861 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 163.8 × 285.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Frederic Edwin Church's The Icebergs — The Icebergs — towering ice in the Arctic light, a broken mast wedged in the foreground floe — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Wonders of the New World: The Hudson River School, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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