0498 / 3,080 Capturing the whale Save Share Ask Question Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project Save Share Ask 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 Dutch Men of War and Shipping Pen and ink drawing of Dutch Men of … Tombe de Marten Harperse Tromp, �� Delft Engraving depicting the tomb of Marten Harperse Tromp. … Whale Fishing. Colored woodcut of a boat with one end … Balaena Mysticetus Linn: La Baleine de Gronland. Der gronleindische Wallfisch. The Greenland Whale. Black and white engraving of the Greenland Whale. … To the Chairman and Directors of the General Steam Navigation Company. This Print of their Splendid Iron Steam Ship the Rainbow. A view of the Paddle steamer for passenger … Jonah Chap. 1st. Print of a ship on a stormy sea. … Explore chevron-right