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 Creation of Earth Monochrome engraving showing the terrestrial globe, lit from … Episodes Maritimes. Combat Devant Palerme Plate 15 of the print series 'Episodes Maritimes.' … Cutting In & Trying Out This colored engraving depicts the cutting in and … Small colored engraving of whales on icecaps Colored engraving depicting a baleen whale, its young, … Whaling Ten whaling scenes, from a Japanese book Black and white woodcut of a Japanese seaside … Stranded on the ice Black and white woodcut illustrating a large ship … Explore chevron-right