0194 / 3,080 Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean, September 1871 Save Share Ask Question Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project Save Share Ask Question Lithograph in a series of prints documenting the abandonment of a whaling fleet (33 ships total) in September 1871. Classification whales Date Made 1872-01-02 Legal Status PERMANENT COLLECTION Major Collection Hart Nautical Maker Newell, J.P.; Bufford, John Henry; Russell, Benjamin Materials ink; paper Measurements 14 1/2 in x 21 3/4 in Place Made United States: Massachusetts Bookplate of William Ashmead Courtenay Bookplate of William Ashmead Courtenay, forty-sixth mayor of … Armed Lugger Close Hauled with all Sails Set A port-side view of an unidentified, armed lugger … Natural History (Picture from some Geography) Colored image of "natural history", featuring animals in … Cunard Line, Royal Mail Steam Ship "Parthia" Print after a Samuel Walters painting of the … The Norfolk, 1000 Tons A tinted lithograph of a quarter starboard-broadside portrait … Whale Fishery. Hand-colored lithograph depicting a whale battering a small … Explore chevron-right