The artwork titled “Hunting by Steam in Melville Bay,” created by William Bradford in 1869, belongs to the Romanticism art movement and is classified as a photo.
In the artwork, a grand steamship plies its way through the icy expanse of Melville Bay. A plume of dark smoke billows from the ship’s funnel, starkly contrasting with the surrounding snow and ice. In the foreground, a group of men appear to be engaged in an activity on the ice, possibly hunting or preparing their equipment. The scene captures a moment of human endeavor amidst a vast, frozen landscape, evocative of the Romanticism movement’s emphasis on the sublime beauty and power of nature.
