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Greenland Whale Fishery

Object summary

Title
Greenland Whale Fishery
Object ID
AF-WB-0063
Date made
1805
Place made

United Kingdom, England, Suffolk, Bungay

Publisher
C. Brightly & T. Kinnersley
Draughtsman
Craig, William Marshall
Engraver
Wallis, T.
Object type
Engraving
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Allan Forbes Collection
On view
No
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Description

Colored engraving of a whaling ship in Greenland. Sailors prepare to hunt polar bears in the foreground on the ice.

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