0498 / 3,080 Capturing the whale Save Share Ask a Question Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project Save Share Ask a Question A dramatic scene of three boats of sailors attacking a sperm whale with icebergs depicted in the distance. Classification whales Date Made 1834-01-02 Legal Status PERMANENT COLLECTION Major Collection Hart Nautical Maker Currier & Ives Materials ink; paper; mounted Measurements 6 in x 8 in Place Made United States: New York Biscayenne, petite Chaloupe des batimens qui vont �� la Pesche de la Baleine. Engraving depicting a shallop, in side view, with … Oil Factory Japanese color block print depicting a bird's eye … Sarcophagi Marmorei Prope Ecclesiam S. Sebastiani Effossi Page 291 from the book "De Roma Sotterranea" … The Liverpool and Australian Navigation Company's Steam Clipper "Royal Charter," (Francis Boyce, Commander.) A port-broadside view of the steam clipper 'Royal … Boat-hut. On Brighton Beach. View of a hut made out of half … Great Republic Portrait of the passenger-cargo sidewheel steamship Great Republic. … Explore chevron-right