Description

Uncolored engraving depicting a series of technical figures relating to the processing of whalebone. At left, the cutting process (Fig. 8, 21) is shown, as well as what appears to be a curing process where a young man is placing whalebone into a large rectangular brick oven or tank with an awning (Fig. 9). At right, two illustrations of a spouting baleen whale, as well as an illustration of how baleen is separated out into strips (Fig. 7). Title and artist attributions printed in lower margin.