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Key Information
- Title:
- View of the Whale Fishery, &c. in Greenland
- Object Name:
- Date/Period:
- 1782
- Location on Display:
- Museum - Not Currently on display
- Accession No:
- KINCM:1981.815.1
- Other Numbers:
- W1.97.76
- Brief Description:
- Print of an engraving with the title 'View of the Whale Fishery, &c. in Greenland'. set within a decorative border. It depicts three whaling ships, with men in small boats harpooning whales in the background. There are polar bears on ice floes, and a man standing at the stern of a rowing boat shooting a walrus at close range in the foreground. The image was engraved by Thornton and published in 'The New and Universal System of Geography' by George Henry Millar in 1782.
Dimensions:
| Type | Height | Width | Depth | Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31[cm] | 20[cm] |
