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Title: Sperm whaling with its varieties
Creator: Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885, artist
J.H. Bufford's Lith., publisher
Contributor: Congdon, Theodore G., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
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Description: Image of a large panoramic view of a whaling scene depicting a wide range of whaling activities on various boats and ships, including whales being harpooned at left and at right; captions printed under the image provide labels for the various stages of the whale hunt.
"Entered according to act of congress in the year 1870 by Benjamin Russell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."--text, bottom left margin. "From an original drawing by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford, Mass."--text, bottom center margin. "J. H. Bufford's Lith. 490 Washington St. Boston."--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; image 41.75 x 83.5 cm (16 7/16 x 32 7/8 in.) ; overall 53.34 x 90.33 cm (21 x 35 9/16 in.)
Identifier: priTEC 0067
476152
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23940
Language: English
Subject: Ships--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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