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Monochrome engraving depicting a spouting whale atop the surface of the sea, with icebergs in the background. The seafoam is depicted in a manner reminiscent of foliage in contemporaneous prints. Unusually for the period, the whale is seen with only one spout, emerging from a nostril.


whales
1774-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Jahrgang, Erster; Kurzbeck, Joseph
ink; paper
10 in x 7 in
Austria: Vienna