Lot 137: Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955)

Moonlit Arctic seascape with a Whale
oil on canvas
34 x 44in. (86.3 x 111.7cm.)

The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; sale, Christie's, London, 25 Sept 2001, lot 22.

FRANK WILBERT STOKES IN THE ARCTIC 1892-1894

Based in his studio at Bowdoin Bay, Stokes worked in the Arctic on the Peary North Greenland Relief Expedition in 1892 and subsequently on Peary's second North Greenland expedition of 1893-94.

Based in his studio at Bowdoin Bay, Stokes worked in the Arctic on the Peary North Greenland Relief Expedition in 1892 and subsequently on Peary's second North Greenland expedition of 1893-94.

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