'Whale or Greenland Fishery', 1720, (1946). Creator: Elisha Kirkall.

'Whale or Greenland Fishery', 1720, (1946).  Creator: Elisha Kirkall.

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'Whale or Greenland Fishery', 1720, (1946). British whaling ships off the coast of Greenland: sailors in small rowing boats hunt whales with harpoons; men attack a polar bear at bottom left, and a walrus is shot and clubbed on the right. From "British Polar Explorers", by Admiral Sir Edward Evans. [Collins, London, 1946]


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Creator
  1. Elisha Kirkall, attributed to: British: Artist, printmaker, engraver
After
  1. Thomas Baston: British: Artist, painter, engraver
People Related
  1. William Collins: British: Publisher, publishers, publishing company, publishing house
  2. Edward Evans: British: Naval officer, Antarctic explorer, author, writer

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Landscape

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5752x3840
File Size : 64,710kb


Aliases

  1. 0580072146
  1. 2-756-335
  1. 2756335

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