When this splendid painting went on view in 1861 in New York, critics thrilled to this dramatic scene, based on sketches Church made during a month-long boat trip off the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. Although undeniably a masterpiece, The Icebergs was lost from view for more than a century. After the painting’s successful exhibition in England in 1863, Sir Edward William Watkin, a British railroad baron, purchased it. Thereafter largely... http://arteverywhereus.org/Art-Gallery/id/55