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Walruses in an Arctic Pool

"Walruses in Pool" August 1901, Watercolor by Russell W. Porter (detail)
Dated August 1901, this watercolor was painted by Russell Williams Porter, an artist and surveyer for the the Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition of 1901. A veteran of six Arctic trips between 1894 and 1903, Porter left behind an impressive collection of paintings, drawings, notebooks, journals, and correspondence.
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