Description

Color print of three whaling ships with British colors on the Greenland seas. Three more ships are visible in the far background. A bank of grey clouds rises up in the sky. Nine rowboats are out on the water; two in the foreground are circling a spouting whale, and one figure is in the act of harpooning it. To the left of the harpooners is a large bank of ice upon which sit two bears; behind the bears in the water is another spouting whale. Under the image are the attributions: "Brooking Pinxt." and "Wilson Sculp"; in large type below this is the title, in English and French: "GREENLAND WHALE FISHERY. PÉCHE DE LA BALEINE À LA CÔTE DE GROENLAND."