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Monochrome photograph of a painting or drawing of a whaling scene. The left and right edges are slightly out of focus. Depicts a whaling ship with a strip of blubber attached to the rigging, and sailors cutting into it. On whaleships, once a whale was killed, it would be skinned in a spiral fashion via pulling up strips of blubber using the rigging, as shown.
There are four more whaleships in the background, and seabirds above the water.


whales
1834-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
unknown
ink; laid paper
10 in x 15 in
Australia

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