A colored drawing inspired by the description on the attack and capture of whales in chapter IV of Francis Allyn Olmsted's published journal, Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841). The title, "Give it to Him," is a quote directly from chapter IV. In this drawing, a crewmember stands on a whaleboat and is about to plunge a harpoon into the hump of the partially submerged whale. In the distance, the main whaling ship emits smoke from its tryworks, a furnace on the ship for boiling blubber.
Olmsted recorded his experiences as a passenger on the whaler North American during a voyage from New London, Connecticut to Honolulu. His journals in two volumes described his stay in Honolulu and his return voyage with several missionaries to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. The journal, revised and supplemented with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage. Although at the bottom margin of this drawing, it is inscribed, "Drawn by F. A. Olmsted, 1841," it is more likely that this drawing is a 20th-century imitation.
