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South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of the ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Isle of Bouro, with their boats & crew in the various process of fishing, showing the manner the spermacetti [sic] whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck

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Title: South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of the ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Isle of Bouro, with their boats & crew in the various process of fishing, showing the manner the spermacetti [sic] whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the ship, & boiling the oil upon deck
Creator: Huggins, William John, 1781-1845, artist
Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785-approximately 1825, engraver
Huggins, William John, 1781-1845, publisher
Contributor: Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1825
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 whaling ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Isle of Bouro (Buru, Indonesia) with sailors in several smaller boats engaged in a sperm whale hunt.
"Painted by W.J. Huggins, Marine Painter to his Majesty."--text, bottom left margin. "late London, Published Jany. 1 1825 by W.J. Huggins, Marine Painter, 105, Leadenhall Street."--text, bottom center margin. "Engraved by T. Sutherland."--text, bottom right margin. "London, Published January 1. 1825. by W.J. Huggins, Marine Painter, No. 105, Leadenhall Street. (late from No. 36.)"--text, bottom center margin. "The Head of a large Whale in the Agonies of Death."--text, caption, bottom left margin. "A Boat destroy'd [sic] by a Wounded Whale."--text, caption, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : hand colored ; image 32.23 x 50.01 cm (12 11/16 x 19 11/16 in.) ; overall 44.29 x 57.47 cm (17 7/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0057
476144
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23932
Language: English
Subject: Ships--Pictorial works
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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