image © Trustees of the British Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
image © Trustees of the British Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

The Greenland Whale Fishery

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Additional makers

Print maker - James Wilson

Description

Five ships and a number of small boats, three of which are gathered around a whale in the left foreground, with the men spearing it; other men in the right foreground, spearing and clubbing a sea-lion; after Sieuwert van der Meulen. Hand-coloured mezzotint with some etching.

Inscription

Lettered at the base of the image in a plaque with the title and 'V. dr Maulen [sic] delin. // J. Willson fecit.'

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

From the Watercolour World

Location

Greenland

Country

Greenland

Medium

Print