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Uncolored lithograph of a polar bear, at left, swimming towards a small rowboat at right; the sailors are aiming muskets and oars at it; its fangs are bared. Floats of ice in foreground and background; large ship on the horizon. Title and publisher information printed in lower margin.
To accompany a description of polar bears in the book "Journal of a Voyage to Greenland, in the Year 1821" by George William Manby (1823).


whales
1823-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Whittaker, G. & W. B.; Clowes, William
ink; paper; mounting
9 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in
Britain: London