The Spermaceti Whale - Beale

Object summary

Title: The Spermaceti Whale - Beale
Object ID: AF-NB-0073G
Date made: 1837
Place made: United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh
Publisher and engraver: Lizars, William Home
Draughtsman: Stewart, James
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

A whale blows while on its front, and another whale also blows in the right background. A rowboat in the right foreground is right up to the side of the whale and one man aboard sticks his harpoon into the whale's side. The mother ship is in the left distance.