Colored woodcut showing, at right, a whaling ship with a steam engine and a sailor firing a gun mounted to the deck at a large whale, on the left-hand side of the image. A coil of rope next to the sailor is rapidly uncoiling as the projectile harpoon speeds to its mark. The whale, which is spouting, is depicted in mid-thrash: its head and tail are both above the water as it rears up.
