Northern Whale Fishery. A Representation of the Ship Harmony of Hull and other vessels with theirs boats and crews in the various processes of attacking and killing the whale in Davis Straits and Greenland with the mode of flinching and taking in the blub

Object summary

Title: Northern Whale Fishery. A Representation of the Ship Harmony of Hull and other vessels with theirs boats and crews in the various processes of attacking and killing the whale in Davis Straits and Greenland with the mode of flinching and taking in the blub
Object ID: AF-WB-0068
Date made: 1829
Place made: United Kingdom, England
Engraver: Duncan, Edward
Painter: Huggins, William John
Object type: Etching
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Northern Whale Fishery. A Representation of the Ship Harmony of Hull and other vessels with theirs boats and crews in the various processes of attacking and killing the whale in Davis Straits and Greenland with the mode of flinching and taking in the blubber.

Dedicated to Thos. Bell Esq., owner of the Harmony