Photograph of the painting "Vae Victis - The "Cachalot" Cutting-In" by William Edward Norton. The painting depicts a whaleship seen in three quarters bow view as her crew members begin to cut into a dead whale; a strip of blubber is suspended from the "Cachalot"'s rigging. From left, a flock of gulls descend to peck at the whale carcass. The artist signature on the painting is visible at lower left.
Pencil inscription on verso.
