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Key Information
- Title:
- View of the Whale Fishery, &c. in Greenland
- Object Name:
- Date/Period:
- c.1782
- Location on Display:
- Museum - Not Currently on display
- Accession No:
- KINCM:1981.815.2
- Other Numbers:
- w1.97.76
- Brief Description:
- Framed engraving with the title 'View of the Whale Fishery, &c. in Greenland'. It shows three whaling ships in the Arctic, with whales being harpooned from small boats and a man shooting a walrus from a rowing boat in the foreground. There are also two polar bears standing on rafts of ice. The image was engraved by Thornton and published in George Henry Millar's 'The new and Universal System of Geography' in about 1782.
Dimensions:
| Type | Height | Width | Depth | Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 462[mm] | 314[mm] |
