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 Spiegel-Gevecht op't Y ter eere van de CZAARIN van MOSCOVIEN. Engraving depicting two rows of ships, seen in … Fable V., The Bear in the Boat The engraving illustrates a scene from John Gay's … The Una, a sloop yacht Untitled tinted lithograph of a port side view … Sailing "City of New York" and "Scotia" Print with two ship portraits, which appear to … Apparatus used in the Northern Whale Fishery. Plate 19 Black and white engraving of whaling tools. Items … Representation of a Large Fish Taken near Bristol Image of a fish with jagged protrusions and … Explore chevron-right