Image / Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 2

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Title: Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 2
Creator: Newell, John Perry, 1831-1898, artist
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 American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the ships pictured (left to right): "John Wells. Massachusetts. J.D. Thompson. E. Morgan. Champion. Henry Taber. E. Swift. Florida. O. Crocker. Navy. Reindeer. Seneca. G. Howland. Fanny. Carlotta. Paiea."
"J. H. Bufford's Lith. 490 Washn. St. Boston."--text, bottom right margin. "Published by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford, Mass."--text, bottom left margin. "On stone by J.P. Newell"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image. "Proof"--text, bottom left 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 37.78 x 55.56 cm (14 7/8 x 21 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0053
476140
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23928
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
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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