Desdemona and Rousseau - photo of old whalers at the wharf

Object summary

Title: Desdemona and Rousseau - photo of old whalers at the wharf
Object ID: AF-SA-0887
Date made: 1840-1841
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, New Bedford
Maker: unknown
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Port bow views of abandoned whaling barks Desdemona and Rousseau at New Bedford, Massachusetts wharf. They have been stripped of their sails and rigging. There is a large ship with what appears to be two masts and square sails in the right-hand background.

Inscriptions

Type: pencil
Location: verso
Inscriber: unknown
Original language: English
Text: "Plate 1650-2 Whalers Rousseau and Desdemona. Rousseau alongside wharf."

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