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Hand-colored engraving. In foreground, right, clash between two ships, one on fire; Neptune in chariot drawn by sea monster-horse chimeras, surrounded by male figures astride whale-like sea monsters, one spitting up fishes; two mermen; behind a bridge, a line of galleys on skyline on fire and under fire; from Montfaucon's 'Monumens de la monarchie fran̤oise', volume V (Paris: Gandouin & Giffart, 1733)


whales
1733-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Gandouin & Giffart
ink; laid paper; color wash; mounting
12 1/2 in x 16 in
France: Paris