Capturing a Sperm Whale

Object summary

Title: Capturing a Sperm Whale
Object ID: AF-WA-P018
Date made: 1862
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Engraver and colorist: Hill, John
Sketcher (after): Hulsart, Cornelius B.
Painter: Page, William
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Depiction of the capture of a sperm whale. Painted by William Page, based on a sketch by Cornelius B. Hulsart, a whaleman who lost an arm while on the whaleship 'Superior.' Created in 1835, this is believed to be the first American whaling print.

Inscribed on front: To Messrs. N. & W. Billings, Merchants of New London, this print is respectfully inscribed by Cornelius B. Hulsart who lost an arm on board the ship "Superior" while engaged in the while in the whale fishery in the Pacific ocean Published by Cornelius B. Hulsart and for sale at the office of the Seamans Friend Society, 82 Nassau St., New York. Painted by William Page from a sketchby C.B. Hulsart; engraved, printed and colored by J. Hill