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Stipple engraving showing five whaleboats drawing near to a whale, with harpooneersmen raising their weapons. On one ship, a man carries a lance with a flag attached, used to mark a dead whale so that after the hunt, the whalers could find it again and bring it back to the vessel for cutting-in. With ships in the background. Title and production information in lower margin.


whales
1813-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Dubourg, M.; Clark, John Heaviside; Orme, Edward
ink; paper
8 in x 10 in
Britain: London