Description

Whale harpooning from boats on icy waters, around 1725. Three sailors on separate boats being rowed by five sailors point their harpoons towards a whale who spouts water. The tail of another whale can be seen in the distance among three sailing vessels.

One of a series of 12 engravings from Views of the Greenland Whale Fishery (Kline Visschery). Titles in Dutch, German, and English. Each inscribed S. Vdr. Meulen Delineavit. A Vander Laan Fecit. P. Schenk Iun: Excud[it]. Amst[erdam] Cum Priv[ilegio].