Image / Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 5

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Title: Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 5
Creator: J.H. Bufford's Lith., printer
Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885, publisher
Contributor: Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1872
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
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Description: Image of sailors in boats rowing towards the surviving American whaling ships after the majority of their vessels were stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the ships pictured (left to right): "Europa. Daniel Webster. Midas. Chance. Arctic. Progress. Lagoda."
"J. H. Bufford's Lith. 490 Washn. St. Boston."--text, bottom right margin. "Published by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford, Mass."--text, bottom left margin. "Proof"--text, bottom left margin. "Ships receiving the captains officers and crews of abandoned ships."--text, caption, bottom center margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Benj. Russell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 38.26 x 55.25 cm (15 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0056
476143
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23931
Language: English
Subject: Ships--Pictorial works
Whaling--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source: Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection.
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Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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