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 Double Pleasure Boat. Millar. Taylor. Symington. 1788. Tinted lithograph depicting a twin hulled very early … Apparatus used in the Whale Fishery. Plate X Tools used to process whale blubber. Items are … Naval Architecture Lazari Bayfii Annotationes in Legem II Title page of "De re Navale", a book … Three views of a Dutch Anchor Two leaves of paper, each printed with numbered … Poissons a) Le Requin (Squalus charcharias). b) Le Marteau (Squalus zygaena) c) La Scie (Squalus pristis ) Colored print depicting two scenes of sharks, stacked … Triomphe de Galathee Engraving of a mythological scene. Galatea is pictured … Explore chevron-right