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 Bertha Photograph of the whaler "Bertha" in three-quarters view, … At Spithead View of various vessels with Spithead harbor on … Fig.5-observat: Stellae Mirae in ceto ad Communicat, siverianam pertinens Monochrome astronomical chart depicting the constellations Cetus, part … Whalers killing walruses Monochrome engraving of men on a rowboat fighting … River Jurono Singapore. Tinted lithograph of a small boat on the … Clipper Ship "Adelaide" off Sandy Hook, "Hove to for a Pilot" A port-side view of the full-rigged clipper ship … Explore chevron-right
