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Hand colored stipple engraving showing six whaling boats towing a whale on a harpoon line in an Arctic seascape, with an arc from which light radiates in the sky. There is a ship on the far left and two seabirds on the right-hand foreground. Printed at top of page, " XVI p. 195". Publisher and artist information, as well as title, are printed below the image.


whales
1818-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Lewis, F. C.; Baldwin, Cradock & Joy
ink; paper; color wash
8 in x 10 1/2 in
Britain: London