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 The First Book of Moses Creation Monochrome engraving from a Bible chapter heading showing … Kingdome of England hand colored map of England with eight vignettes … Ancient Greek and Roman Galleys Page fragment from 1541 edition of a treatise … Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis Planis Hemisphaeriis Comprehesa A 1632 edition of a world map engraved … Pescheurs d'huitres et de Roccailles. Engraving depicting a view of a rocky shore … Great Eastern Ship portrait of the sail and steam vessel … Explore chevron-right
