Artist François-Auguste Biard (1799–1882)
Title Nova Zembla coast
Date 1841
Medium oil on canvas
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois-Auguste_Biard_-_C%C3%B4te_de_la_Nouvelle-Zemble_(1841).jpg
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