"Sailors are to be seen furling sails. The land seen in the background is the Fairhaven shore of New Bedford Harbor. This was probably one of Russell's last paintings."
See Allan Forbes, Whale Ships and Whaling Scenes as Portrayed by Benjamin Russell. Presenting Reproductions in Color of the Paintings of the Foremost Artist in That Field (Boston: Printed for the Second Bank-State Street Trust Co, 1955), 65.
