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Title
Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 3
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
Rights Information
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Description
Image of American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the locations and ships pictured (left to right): "Monticello. Kohola. Eugenia. Wainright Inlet. Julian. Awashonks. Thos. Dickason. Minerva. Wm. Rotch. Victoria. Mary."
"J. H. Bufford's Lith. 490 Washn. St. Boston."--text, bottom right margin. "Published by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford, Mass."--text, bottom left margin. "J.P.N."--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom left 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 0054
476141
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23929
Language
English
Subject
Ships--Pictorial works
Shipwrecks--Pictorial works
Whaling--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection.
Commercial
Prints
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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