Iceberg, Atlantic Ocean

This naturalistic sketch documents an iceberg encountered during a ship's voyage, rendered in graphite and watercolor. The artist has captured the berg's distinctive asymmetrical form—a jagged pinnacle rising above a broad, striated mass—with attention to its dimensional structure and the rocky debris scattered across the foreground. The careful cross-hatching and tonal modeling reveal the influence of 19th-century scientific illustration traditions. The notation at bottom indicates precise coordinates and date, suggesting this drawing served both aesthetic and documentary purposes, characteristic of expedition records from this period when such phenomena fascinated artists and naturalists alike.