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The sticking of the whale with the pike

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Whale harpooning from boats on icy waters, around 1725. Three sailors on separate boats being rowed by five sailors point their harpoons towards a whale who spouts water. The tail of another whale can be seen in the distance among three sailing vessels.

One of a series of 12 engravings from Views of the Greenland Whale Fishery (Kline Visschery). Titles in Dutch, German, and English. Each inscribed S. Vdr. Meulen Delineavit. A Vander Laan Fecit. P. Schenk Iun: Excud[it]. Amst[erdam] Cum Priv[ilegio].


whales
1720-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
van der Meulen, Sieuwert; Schenk, Pieter; Laan, Adolf van der
ink; paper
8 in x 9 1/4 in
Netherlands: Amsterdam