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South Sea Whale Fishery

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Colored etching. "No. 1 South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of the method of attacking the Spermaceti Whale, also the mode of cutting them into the ship and boiling the oil on deck."

whales
1835-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Duncan, Edward; Ackermann, Rudolph; Garneray, Ambroise Louis
ink; paper; paint
19 1/2 in x 24 1/4 in
England: London