2969 / 3,080 Whaling Scene - Sperm Whaling Save Share Ask Question Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project Save Share Ask Question A sperm whaling scene possibly painted by someone who was on a whaler. Painted on the verso side of a chart. Classification whales Date Made 1850-01-02 Legal Status PERMANENT COLLECTION Major Collection Hart Nautical Maker unknown Materials tempera; pastel; paper Measurements 16 in x 23 1/2 in Place Made United States Topics Whaling Collier discharging (Brig plumb bow) Side view of a collier discharging coal into … een Friese praam Etching depicting a view of a single-masted flat … Entrance to Savannah River, showing Fort Pulaski... and a part of the stone fleet Entrance to Savannah River, showing Fort Pulaski, Tybee … Southern Hemisphere Astronomy Plate 23 Monochrome star chart, with the figures of the … Start of the Ocean Yacht Race from Sandy Hook to the Needles, December 11, 1866. Tinted lithograph depicting the beginning of the Great … New Ironsides A sepia-toned, photo-processed reproduction of a painting of … Explore chevron-right