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Cutting and Drying Whale-bone

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Hand-colored engraving depicting five sailors preparing whalebone. To the left, two brush strips of whalebone with brooms; another lifts up a piece using a long rod with a hook on the end. To the right, two sailors working on a table made of boards propped up on barrels cut large strips of whalebone. The artist and publisher information is printed in the border of the image.


whales
1813-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Havell, R. D.; Robinson & Son
ink; paper; color wash
9 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in
Britain: Leeds