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South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of boats attacking a sperm whale from descriptions given by experienced masters and officers in the South Sea Fishery

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Title: South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of boats attacking a sperm whale from descriptions given by experienced masters and officers in the South Sea Fishery
Creator: Huggins, William John, 1781-1845, artist
Duncan, Edward, 1804-1882, engraver
Huggins, William John, 1781-1845, publisher
Contributor: Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1834
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a sperm whale rolling on its back with three small boats surrounding it; two boats contain sailors attacking with harpoons, while the third boat is being overturned by the whale; whaling ship in background at right; small depiction of a sperm whale (with a scale showing 10 feet) below main image.
"Painted by W.J. Huggins, Marine Painter to his Majesty, and Published at 105, Leadenhall Street, London. 1834."--text, bottom left margin. "Engraved by E. Duncan."--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : hand colored ; image 40.96 x 63.5 cm (16 1/8 x 25 in.) ; overall 52.86 x 72.55 cm (20 13/16 x 28 9/16 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0058
476145
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23933
Language: English
Subject: Whales--Pictorial works
Whaling--Pictorial works
Intaglio prints--Color--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source: Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection.
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Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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