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Monochrome engraving divided into three scenes by horizontal bars. Top, two side views of spouting baleen whales, one male and one female, with key features labeled with letters. Below, a whaling scene with five large ships, and two groups of whaleboats each pursuing a spouting whale. Below, detailed diagrams of parts of the baleen (labeled "Fanon", or whalebone).


whales
1782-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Haussard, Catherine
ink; paper; mounting
14 1/2 in x 9 in
France

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