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UJ O < - z UI < ..sf«B,a WHALING PRINTS AND PAINTINGS This special exhibition of prints, and oil and water color paintings, is made possible through the kindness of Allan Forbes, Esq., of Boston, from whose extensive collection these are selections. Every picture in the col- lection, with the exception of five paintings by Benjamin Russell, shows a whaling scene, a whale, or part of a whale, and many of these prints are exceedingly rare. The interest in this subject has greatly increased of late, as well as the nimiber of collectors of whaling pictures, and this exhibition will therefore give an opportunity to the specialist and the general public to see one of the best collections extant. The collection is arranged according to the countries from which the pictures originally came, although the larger ones in some instances are placed outside of the case in which the rest of their group are hung. There are American, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Japanese pictures, and^ showing the strong hold that the Biblical story has always retained on the imagination, there are also shown ten pictures relating to "Jonah and the Whale." The earliest prints date back to the sixteenth century, the majority, however, belong to the eighteenth or early and middle nineteenth centuries. The measurements are of the printed or painted surfaces, the borders and inscriptions being excluded, and are indicated by inches, figured to the nearest half -inch. Whaling goes back at least to the time of King Alfred, and at a time when the first knowledge of the products of whales came from animals that had become accidentally stranded. The Norwegians were expert whal- ers more than a thousand years ago, the French and Spaniards taking up the industry before the sixteenth century, followed soon after by the Eng- lish. Few persons realize the extent to which many of our own communities were given over to whaling in the early days. The New England Journal of April 19, 1737, says of Provincetown, Massachusetts, — "There are now fitting out from this Place a dozen sail of vessels (and some of them burth- en'd a Hundred Tons) bound for Davis' Straights on the Whaling Design and are just ready to sail. So many of our People are now bound on this Voyage, that there will not be left behind above a Dozen or Fourteen men in the Town." Other instances also might be given to show the immense im- portance of the industry to the New England coast towns nearly two cen- turies ago. The history of whaling at New Bedford, Nantucket and Fair- haven is too well kno^^^l even to be mentioned here. American whaling reached a high mark before the War of the Revolu- tion, when the industry met with a severe check. Again it attained a high figure just before the Civil War, since which period it has never regained its former figures. The increasing scarcity of whales resulted in the build- ing of the steam whaler, and the manufacture of the harpoon gun in place of the hand harpoon, while the bomb-lance fired from the shoulder gun has replaced the hand lance of former times. Another change has also taken place; in the early days "sperm" and "right" whales were almost the only species sought, but later on all kinds of whales were pursued. With these changes a greater part of the romance of whaling ceased. It is ^vith the old methods of whaling, with the hand harpoons and lances thrown from small boats sent out from the sailing ships, and with the e:sciting and heroic exploits of the old-time whalemen, that these pictures chiefly deal. On their long voyages the crews of the whalers had ample time to "scrim- shawe" sperm whale teeth, to carve out "jagging wheels" and to make "busks" for women's stays ; they often whiled away their time making log- book sketches of "gams," or visits at sea, vessels sighted, and whales captured or lost, and these relics of the old whaling days are also prized by many collectors. No better ending of an introduction can be made than by quot- ing the lines from Herman Melville's "]\Ioby Dick, or the Wliite Whale." "Oh, the rare old Whale, 'mid storm and gale, In his ocean home will be A giant in might, where might is right, And King of the boundless sea." AMERICAN 1 Ship "Govt. Troup", Capt. Edw. R. Ashley. "Bound in from Sea". An original water color by Benjamin Russell, 1867. 27x181/^. Ben.iamin Russell of New Bedford was the best known sketcher and painter of whaling scenes and whaling vessels of his time. 2 Bark "President", Capt. Benj. Gifford. "Sperm Whaling". Original water color by Benjamin Russell, 1867. 27x15. 3 Bark "Andrew Hicks" of Fairhaven, Capt. Otis Hamblen. "At Sea". Original water color by Benjamin Russell. 30x18%. Altered to a merchant-man and lost at sea in December, 1918. 4 Bark "Arab", Capt. F. P. Cole. "Bound to Sea". Original water color by Benjamin Russell. 29yoxl8. See No. 8. ^f^Sm. CAPTURING A " SPOUTER " OFF ZANZIBAR NO. 34. A FRENCH ENGRAVING X^ '''^tT'^^ S u II ( ;()\ KKNon w iAAv.S<>a/7/.V/:.i((W/-i\y '^flS^i .T*; .0 ■^'^'■/I'l.U m-l/ir, ■."/■!/.;/. /////, ■/■)■ -^ i.; L . i_ui, — ■" ( ■ • Y V. ' ^ > ...iJ, w - f-.i.-,l3 WHALE OR GREENLAND FISHERY NO. 50. AN ENGLISH PRINT 5 Bark "Kathleen" sinking after being hit by a whale in 1902. Oil paint- ing by E. N. Kussell, 1902. 251/2x16. The three flags at mastheads are signals for the three whaleboats (at left of painting) to return, but each had a whale and returned too late to find their ship. Capt. Jenkins and his wife and the crew took to the boats and were all saved after enduring much hardship. Mrs. Jenkins' parrot, it is said, swore that he would be darned if he'd ever go to sea again. This unusual accident happened also to the "Essex" and the "Ann Alexander". 6 "Ocean Scenes". Original water color by Benjamin Eussell, 1871 24x121/2. 7 "The Voyage Nearly Ended". Scene, between Gay Head and No-Man's Land. Original water color by Benjamin Eussell. 21x121/2. 8 "A Ship on the North West Coast Cutting-in her last right whale". De- signed by Benjamin Eussell, New Bedford. Lith. by A. Mayer. Printed by Lemercier, Paris". Colored. 26^x17. The vessel is supposed to be the "Arab" (No. 4). The head of a whale with the whalebone is being hauled on board. Whalemen often amus- ingly said that as whalebone was used for women's stays, many a har- pooner lost his life in trying to improve the human figure. 9 "Capturing a Sperm Whale". To Messrs. N. & W. Billings, Merchants of New London, this print is respectfully inscribed by Cornelius B. Hulsart who lost an arm on board the ship "Superior" while engaged in the whale fishery in the Pacific ocean. Published by Cornelius B. Hulsart and for sale at the office of the Seamans Friend Society, 82 Nassau St., New York. Painted by William Page from a sketch by C. B. Hulsart; engraved, printed and colored by J. Hill. 241/2x1 6I/2. A very rare print. 10 "The Whale Fishery. Laying On". Published by N. Currier, 1852. Lithograph, colored. 121/^x81/2. 11 "The Whale Fishery. In a Flurry". Published by N. Currier, New York. Lithograph, colored. 121/4x814. See Nos. 134, 135. 12 "Capturing the Whale". Published by N. Currier, New York. Litho- graph, colored. 121^x9. Nos. 10, 11, 12 are a set. 13 "Harpooning the Whale". Lith. of D. W. Kellogg & Co., 110 Main St., Hartford, Conn. Colored. 12x91/2. 14 "A shoal of sperm whale off the island of Hawaii", in which the ships "Enterprise", "Wm. Roach", "Pocahontas" and "Houqua" were engaged 10 Dec"", 1833. To the merchants captains and ojfficers and crews engaged in the whale fishing; this print is respectfully in- scribed by Cornelius B. Hulsart, who lost an arm on board the whale ship "Superior" of New London and was on board of the "Enter- prise" at the time. Painted by T. Birch of Philadelphia from a sketch by C. B. Hulsart. Engraved, printed and colored by J. Hill. Pub- lished by C. B. Hulsart, 1838. 24x161/2. A very rare print. See frontispiece. The picture shows the famous Roach (Rotch) fleet, — "Enterprise", "Wm. Roach", "Pocahontas" and "Houqua" engaged in whaling. William Rotch, the owner of these vessels, was Nantucket's greatest whaling merchant, later moving to New Bed- ford. The old Rotch counting house was afterward used as a club house for Nantucket whaling captains and is still used as the Pacific Club. In the old whaling days this Club was called, jocosely, the House of Com- mons, while another Club, used by the ship owners, was named the House of Lords. Honolulu owed its rapid rise partially to the frequent visits of the whalers. 15 "Collision between a steamer and a whale". Woodcut from a periodical. The Netherland steamer "Waesland", 3,500 tons, bound from Antwerp to New York. No date. 9x6. 16 "On the Banks of Newfoundland". A school of whales crossing the wake of an Atlantic steamer during a fog. From a sketch by Joseph Becker, H. Baker Sc. Woodcut from a periodical. No date. 14x91/0. 17 "Elima Kala". Engraved Hawaiian bank note for five dollars with vignette, showing the harpooning of a whale. Boston Bank Note Co., 39 State St. No date. 7x3. 18 Bank note of the Mechanics Bank of New Bedford for one dollar, Janu- ary 1, 1858. Engi-aving showing the harpooning and cutting-in of whales. Toppan, Carpenter & Co., New York and Philadelphia. 7x3. 19 An engraving showing the attacking of a whale near an iceberg. No inscription. 6^x5. 20 "Spermo Cutting in Whales on Japan". The bark "Spermo" was o\\Tied by Alexander Starbuck, Jos i ah Bradlee and others. Oil painting by J. Fisher. 24x18. Presented to the owner by Mr. F. B. C. Bradlee. 31 "Sperm Whaling No. 1. The Chase". Lith. of Endicott & Co., New York, from drawings by A. Van Best & R. S. Gifford, corrected by Benj. Eussell, Esq., 1859. Colored. 261/2x17. 22 "Sperm Whaling No. 2. The Conflict". Prang & Mayer's Lith., Boston. Published by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford. J. Cole, 1859, pinx. Colored. 28i/oxl8. 23 "Sperm Whaling No. 2. The Capture". Lith. of Endicott & Co., New York from drawings by A. Van Best & R. S. Gifford, corrected by Benj. Russell, Esq., 1862. 26x161/2. "The Chase" and "The Capture" were printed as a set and, later, "The Conflict" was sold with "The Chase" as a set. The three really make a complete set. See No. 66. FRENCH 24 "Peehe de la Baleine Harponnemonf . Couchi scul. Widerkebs del. Plate from France Pittoresque. Engraving. 61/^x4. 25 "Le Physale Cylindrique". Edward Trapies del. Beyer Sc. Engraving, colored. 8x4. 26 "La Baleine Franche". Edward Travies del. Beyer & Manceau Sc. En- graving, colored. 7x4. 27 "Indiens Kodiaks Chassant la Baleine, Amerique Russe". Voyage de M. D. de Mofras. Imp. par Bougeard. C. H. Ransonette Sc. Plate from L' Artiste. Engraving. 6x4%. 28 Plate showing whale attacked by a boat from a ship and barnacles on rocks, in foreground, — numbered, 1. Baleine, 2, 3, 4 5, Balanes. P. de Sainson del. Pfitzer Sc. Engravings colored. 9x51/2. 29 "Peche au Cachalot sur les cotes du Mexique". Lith. by L. Le Breton (name obscure). Paris, No. 6. Colored. 24x141/0. 30 "Peche de la Baleine— Whale Fishing". Callow del. Himely sculp. Lithograph, colored. 101/2x7. 31 "Baleinier Americain amenant ses embarcations pour donner la chase a une Baleine". Lith. de Turgis; r. Serpente 10, a Paris. Dessine et lith. par L. LeBreton. Paris, T'urgis editeur rue Serpente 10 et New York, Leonard St. 99. Colored. 151/2x101/2. Similar to No. 177. 32 "La Baleine d'Ostende, visitee par I'Elephant, la Giraffe, les Osages et les Chinois". Depose a la direction chez Valant Editeur, rue de Castiglione No. 6. Jacquemain, del. Lith de Langlume. Colored. 12x41/2. 33 "Combat de Scies et de Baleines en vue de I'lle Sainte Helenc". Peint. par L. Garneray. Grave par Jazet. Engraving. 31x22. 34 "Peche du Souffleur dans le Canal de Zanzibar". Engraving. 31x22. See illustration, Nos. 33, 34 are companion prints and very rare. French whaling is mentioned as early as 1261, the whale being used for food. 35 "Peche de la Baleine— Whale Fishery". Garneray pinx. Martens sculp. Engraving, colored. 32x22. 36 "Peche du Cachalot— Cachalot Fishing". Garneray pinx. Martens sculp". Engraving, colored. 32x22. Nos. 35, 36 are a rare set of prints. ENGLISH 37 "The North West or Davis Streights Whale Fishery". Eob. Dodd delint. Fran. Ambrosi sculp. Engraving, colored. 13l^x8. 38 "Greenland Fishery". Published by act of Parliament and sold by J. Boydell engraver at the Unicorn ye corner of Queen St., Cheapside, London, 1754. Brooking pinx. Boydell scidp. Engraving, colored. 16x11. 39 "Lancing the Whale". London, published by G. & W. B. \Vhittaker, Ave Maria Lane. J. D. Harding del. Printed by C. Hullmandel. Lithograph. 10x16. Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42 are one set. 40 "A Whale Upsetting a Boat". Lithograph. 9x6. Same set as No. 39. 41 "A Boat Going on the Tail of a Fish". Lithograph. 9x6. Same set as No. 39. 42 "Striking a whale with third harpoon". London, 1822. Lithograph. 9x51/2. Same set as No. 39. 8 1 'iiiiiigfjia:rf'jiTfitTii>Triri' A WHALE STRANDED ON THE DUTCH COAST IN 1762 NO. 77 JAPANESE Vlt-WING WHALES LYING IN 8HINAGAWA BAY, TOKYO NO. 92 43 Scenes in Greenland whale fishery, etc., with a map and inscriptions. Page 800 from some publication. Engraving. I3I/2XIII/2. 44 "The Spermacaeti Whale brought to Greenland dock 1762". Engraving, drawn to scale. 9V^x6^. 45 "View of the whale fishery and manner of killing bears near and on the coast of Greenland". Engraved for Bankes's new system of geog- raphy, published by the King's Royal License. 101/^x6. 46 "Greenland Fishery". J. Boydell after Brooking. Same as No. 38 but not colored. 16x8. 47 "Close packed ice". London, published by G. & W. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane. Lithograph. 5x31/^. 48 "View of the whale fishery Etc. in Greenland". Thornton sculp. En- graving Avith ornamental border. 63/^x10. 49 "To James Weddell, Esq. E. N., the Officers and Seamen under his com- mand. This plate representing the brig 'Jane' and cutter 'Beaufoy' on 20th February, 1823, bearing up in 74<* 15' (being the highest southern latitude ever reached) is most respectfully dedicated by their very obedient and humble servant W. J. Huggins". Engraved by E. Duncan. London, published by W. J. Huggins, October, 1826. Litho- graph, colored. 19%xl3. An Exploring- voyage. Whales playing around the ships. 50 "To the Honorable Sr. John Eyles Bart., Sub-Govenior of the South Sea Company, this plate of the Whale or Greenland fishery is most humbly inscribed". T. Baston F. ; E. Kirkhall S. Engraving, colored. 15x10. See illustration. 51 "To the Honorable the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company. This piece being a representation of the fishery of Great Britain in its three different branches, vizt. Cod, Herring, and Whale, is most hum- bly dedicated". T. Baston del. E. Kirkhall sculp. Printed for T. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard and John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. Engraving, colored. 14^2^8. The first reference to English whaling appears during the fourteenth century and by statutory law the whale was declared a "ro^-al fish", the King as Honorary Harpooner receiving the head, and the Queen the tail, of all whales killed along the English coast. 52 "The Whale diving to the bottom after he is struck with the Harpone Iron^ & the Harponiers standing in readiness to wound him a fresh with Spears, when he rises again". Printed for Bowles and Carver, map and print sellers No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Engraving, colored. 10x6. 53 "A Whale struck by the Harpone Iron diving among the Ice, the Har- ponier going to chop the Eope ofP, to prevent the long Boat l)eing drawn under Water or split against the Ice". Same publishers. 10x6. Companion to No. 52. 54 "Sperm Wlialing Scene off French Rock, New Zealand, 1871". Litho- graph, colored. 131/2x8. 55 Whaling scene from some publication. "Vol. I, m. p. 567, A (hill) ; B (stone); C (man); D (boat)". Engraving. 91/2x61/2. 56 "A whale female and the windlass whereby the whales are brought on Shore". Vol. I, p. 567. Engraving. 10x61/2. Companion to No. 55. 57 "H. M. S. 'Agamemnon' laying the Atlantic cable in 1858. A whale crosses the line". London, Day & Son Limited. Lith. R. M. Bryson, from a drawing by R. Dudley. Colored. 9x6. 58 "A whale brought along-side a ship". J. H. Clark del. Dubourg sculp. Published and sold March 1, 1813, by Edw. Ormc, Bond St., London. Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Nos. 58-61 form a rare set. 59 "Shooting the harpoon at a whale". Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Companion to No. 58. 60 "A ship's boat attacking a whale". February 1, 1813. Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Companion to No. 58. 61 "Boats approaching a whale". February 1, 1813. Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Companion to No. 58. 63 "Whale hunting in Wcstmannshaven Bay'' (Norway). "M. & N." (Part of inscription cut off). Lithograph, colored. 11^x8. 10 63 "Greenland whale fishery". An old engraving. 5x7. Part of inscription obscure. 64 Scenes illustrating whaling and the uses of products; divided into ten parts. Published by Thomas Varty, Strand, London. Lithograph, colored. 121/2x101/0. 65 "View of Cape of Good Hope and a South Whaler". S. Daniell del. T. Medland sculp. Published Nov. 30, 1804, by J. Gold, 103 Shoe Lane. Lithograph. 8x5. 66 "South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of boats attacking a sperm whale from descriptions given by experienced officers and masters in the South Sea Fishery". Painted by W. J. Huggins, Marine painter to his majesty and published at 105 Leadenhall Street, London, 1834. Engraved by E. Duncan. Colored. 25x201/9. An exceeding-ly rare print. "The Capture", printed in New Bedford some years later was an exact copy of this print. Sese No. 23. Very recent reprints have been issued in Eng-land. 67 "South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of ships 'Amelia Wilson' and 'Castor' off the island of Bouro with their boats and crew in the various processes of fishing sho^^ing the manner the Spermaceti whales are caught and also the mode of cutting them into the ship and boiling the oil upon deck". Painted by W. J. Huggins. Engraved by T. Sutherland, London, published by W. J. Huggins, Jan. 1, 1825. Engraving, colored. 20x14. A rare print. 68 "Northern Whale Fishery. A representation of the ship 'Harmony' of Hull and other vessels with their boats and crews in the various processes of attacking and killing the whale in Davis Straits and Greenland with the mode of flinching and taking in the blubber". (Also the "Eliza Swan" of Montrose and the "Margaret" and "Indus- try" of London). Painted by W. J. Huggins. Engraved by E. Dun- can. Dedicated to Thos. Bell, Esq., owner of the "Harmony". Col- ored. 23x14. 69 "The Greenland Whale Fishery". Robt. Dodd delin. and sculp. Pub- lished, Jan. 1, 1789, by John and Josiah Boydell. No. 90 Cheapside, London. Engraving. 26x15. 11 70 "The North West or Davis' Streights T\Tiale Fishery". Engraving, dated May 1, 1789. 36x151/2. Companion to No. 69. 71 "The Common Whale Balaena mysticetus". Whimper [sculp]. Pub- lished under the direction of the Society for the Promotion of Cliris- tian Knowledge. R. Clay, printer. Bread St, Hill. Colored print. Ilx7y2. Several lines of description. 72 "Fin Whale or Rorqual. Balaenoptera Boops", 11x71/2. Companion to No. 71. 73 Sixteen colored engraved plates from some work. Each plate, — Stewart or J. Stewart delt. Lizars Sc. 6x3i/^. The Spermaceti WTiale. The Deductor or Ca'ing Whale. The Spermaceti Wliale. Great Northern Rorqual. Greenland Whale. The Toothless Whale of Havre. The Spermaceti Whale. The Lesser Rorqual. Skeleton of the Great Northern Rorqual. The P. griseus. Greenland Whale. The Beluga or "V^^lite Whale. Pernetty's Dolphin. The Narwhal or Sea Unicorn. Greenland Whale. Globicephalus of Risso. See No. 125. 74 "\^Tiales mistaken for submarines and bombed from air planes. From Illus. Lond. News. Halftones of photographs taken from air planes. 81/2x31/2 and 8>^x6>_; Copies of originals in recent Air Exhibition in London. 75 Six engravings from some work; three marked N. H. Prior (sc,). Each 5x3. The Polar Right Whale. View of a Whale Ship in process of cutting in a whale. A Kight Whale turning a boat over with his nose. Rival Whaling. The Chase. A boat cmshed by a whale. 12 DUTCH 76 "Een Walvisch Lang 70 voeten gestrandt op de HoUandtse zee-kust, tusschen Schevelingen en Katwyk, in Sprokkelmaandt 1598". Gilham Van der Gouwen Sc. Engraving, colored. 13x10. The Dutch were leaders in the whale fishery in 1612 and were very active about the year 1680, when they employed 260 ships and 14,000 seamen. During the last part of the seventeenth century they furnished nearly all Europe with oil. They continued to be leaders in this industry until about 1770 when the English superseded them. 77 "Defe Cagelot vis lang 64 voet is gestrand tussen Zantvoord en Wykop Zee den 2, Febr., 1762, op't Strand in openbarre Vyling Verkogt den 5 Maart voor 900 Guildens, naar't leven Getekend den 21 Febr. en vervolgens in't Koper gebragt door C. V. Nocrde". Engraving, colored. 13x8. A rare print. See illustration and No. 199. 78 "Ware afbeeldinge Pot- Walvisch gestrandt by Noortwijck op Zee, den ?8 December, 1614, lank Zynde 52 Roede voeten, voor aenden muyl breet g'en de staert 12 roe voeten". Esnas Vanden Velde Wentor. J. C. Visscher (in monogram), excud. Engraving, colored. 12i6i^. A rare print. 79 "A P tekening van een Cachelot den 20 Febr., 1762 tussen Zandvoort en Wykop zee, aan strand Gedreeven, Groot 61 voet 6 duum". J. Au- gustini ad viv del. H. Spilman Sch. Engraving, colored. 16x10. A rare print. 80 "Het Afmaken van de Cagelotuis den 20 Febr., Anno 1762, tussenwyk op Zee en Zantvoort op Strand gedreven, nat Leven Cetekent en int Koper gebragt door Johannes Swertner Ond 15 Jaar. Engraving, colored. 16x91/^. There are fourteen references by numbers on the plate. 81 "De Walvis wort na Boord geboegseerd of geroeyd". (The inscription is repeated in French, Italian and German). Med. Fol.° No. 3. George Balthasar Probst exeud. Engraving. 151/^xlOi^. 82 'Afbeelding van de vin-vis, Lang LII voet, leggende op zyn Rug gestrand tusschen wyk Aan Zee en Zandvoord den 18den November, 1791. Lat. Overbeck ad vir del et sculp 1792". Engraving. 121/2191/2. IS 83 "Cagelot of Potwalvis, lang omtrent 60 voeten, even, benoorden Egmond op Zee Levend Gestrand op den 15 February, 1764 den J. Maart aldaar Veiling Verkogt voor 812 Guilders den 19 February, naart. Leeven Getekend en in't Koper gebragt te Haarlem door Cornells van ISToorde". Engraving. 13x8. 84 "Focht naer Nova Zemla in den Jaere MDXCVI". Ian Luyken in- venit et fecit. Engraving. 13x10. 85 "Kessels of de man van de Walvisch". A. Verhoesen lith. 15x31/^. A whaling caricature in five sections of a man dreaming about a whale. 86 "De Walvischvangst". H. Kobel, Jr. del 1778. M. Sallieth sculp. 1782. Engraving. 141/2x8. 87 Ten engraved illustrations of Dutch whaling (when the oil was boiled on shore) ; the process of utilizing the products and of whaling ves- sels, taken from some Dutch work. S. Vdr. Meulen delin. A. Vander Laan Fecit. Each plate has a number and a short English transla- tion of the Dutch inscription. Each 8x6. 3 Rimning from the whale the pike being fast in her or sitting upon the Spanish wheel-barrow. 4 The whale goes under the ice, they cut the line and seek where she returns. 5 Theiy stand ready to stick ye whale upon her head, her tail being upwards. 6 The whale is troubled and turns herself while people are sticking her. 7 The whale is brought or Eoey'd to the ship. 8 They cut the whale in pieces. 12 The ship in fine weather left in the ice. 13 The ship in the ice cast away in a storm. 15 The arrival of the Greenland sailors.. 16 The boiling fat out of the whale. See also Nos. 153, 154. 88 Etching of old Dutch ships with a whale showing in the foreground. Wentzel Hollar fecit. 11x151/2. JAPANESE 89 Illustration of a Japanese legend, — Miyamoto Musashi (1582-1645) kill- ing a giant whale with his sword. Artist, Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797- 1861). Published by Kawa-sho, Tokyo. 30x15. Miyamoto was a native of the Pi-ovince of Higo and at one time served 14 under the Lord of Buzen. He journeyed thronj^h the empire in order to perfect Jiimself in the art of fencing- by meeting master swordsmen in various places. Wlien he came to the sea of Hizen he showed his mastery of his profession by killing a giant whale with his sword. 90 People on the shore of Shinagawa Bay looking at a great "catch". Artist, Kimiyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861). Published by Marusei, Tokyo. 281/2x131/2. 91 "Nanaura (seven shores) made prosperous by a whale-catch", alluding to a common saying that "a catch of one whale brings prosperity to seven shores". Artist, Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861). Published by Yamaguchi, Tokyo. 28x131/0. 92 Picnic parties of Japanese at Takanawa viewing whales lying in Shina- gawa Bay. Some in boats are partaking of sake and food while others are having refreshments in the tea house called "The Resting Place, Yamaguchi House". The large boat on the left bears the name, "Yoshiya" or "Good Luck House". Artist, Shuntei Katsukawa (1770-1820). Published by Yamaguchi, Tok-yo. 301/0x15. See illustration. The usual Japanese method of capturing whales was to entangle them in nets. As late as the year 1884 the Ukitsu Whal- ing Company of Japan employed over 100,000 whalemen. Masutomi Ma- tazaemon, one of the most successful in this pursuit, accumulated a large fortune. WTaale meat, an important article of food in Japan, is sold in all the large toAvns at prices ranging from seven, to eight cents a pound. It is estimated that one whale yields as much meat as one hundred head of cattle. 93 "The Noted Products of Japan". This print depicts a whaling scene and the "cutting-in" of whales as practised in Hirado, Province of Hizen, or in Kumanoura in Kii Province. Artist, Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797- 1861). Published by Soshuya, Tokyo. 30yoxl5. 94-95-96 Three colored prints, illustrating the capture of a whale near the shore. 44x7. 97 Whaling scene at Kumanoura, Province of Kii. Artist, Toyokaru Utagawa (1735-1814). Published by Eijudo, Tokyo. 141/0x91/2. This is the oldest of the Japanese prints in the collection. 98 Wlialing scene at Goto, Province of Hizen. One of a series entitled, "One hundred noted places in the Provinces". Artist, Hiroshigo II (1825-1869). 8i/oxl3. This is a connplete picture, the Japanese often depicting only part of an animal or other object in a picture. 15 99 Four printed Japanese reproductions of black-and-white sketches show- ing the manner of capturing a whale. (1) Whale spouting. (2) Set- ing the nets, — the Japanese usually entangle whales in nets in order to harpoon them more easily. (3) Boats with harpooners, — each of the sixteen boats carry harpooners. (4) Towing in the whale. Some Japanese formerly believed that a whale before death returns to the place where it received its first harpoon and then dies. 46x71/2. Acknowledgment is due to Mr. Kojiro Tomita for the translation of the inscriptions and notes on the Japanese whaling prints. ITALIAN 100 "Eflfigie del Pesce communemente chiamato BALENOTTO, . . ." Broadside of a large whale with a long inscription below. Engraving, MDCCXV. 11x6. See illustration. MISCELLANEOUS lOi "Sketches from Travellers, Plate 6th. Tempting Offer — An Eskemaux tickling his lady's fancy with a whale's tail^ best proof of love". Pub- lished by F. McLean, 26 Haymarket, March 20, 1823. Eeproduction by Miss Bertha I. Barrett from photograph of original painting in the Fearing collection in The Marine Museum, Old State House, Boston. 91/2x614. 102 "Entree des sieurs Vroncourt, Tyllon et Marimon". Discovering new lands. French engraving. 8i/^x4. Knights in armor riding on the back of a whale, etc. 103 "Narwhal, White Whale, Rorqual". Eskimos in canoes in background. Plate from some work on natural history. Lithograph, colored. 8x51/2. 104 Whale inside a breakwater being viewed by spectators (Latin inscrip- tion) . Joan Stradanus inuent Adr. CoUaert Sculp. Phts Galle excud. Engraving. 10i/>x8. 105 "Corpora dum gaudent immania tollorc Cctae Sic varys telis feruientur aristis". Very old. Engraving. 8i^x3. See illustration. 106 "Spermacetti Whale, South Seas". Engraving, colored. 6x31^. 16 » *^^^-*lKB w«« w'^^^ « »"^'*^"*^ * mi^ wTi; s^ urv, Effiggie iiel Pcfcc communcn-'cmc chijiratcEAI EN07 7C,iUu«lcfottcIi iS fp^Ue 1715'" da"- Parc^co* »iot:ada Padionrtmer.icoCjvilicri Icircatojrocoiur.gi csl J'ciU dicLilb C lunt n tn (!oIiccio. llmcdc mo era di lurgheiza picdi4S-,cdigrf (iczza ;6. la VialicU.-.difotto, laci^aic (blinerrcct; n-'iir.itadiLScrtiin nurocrodi^S. ,s'eftcrdcva aplcdi urdici.cductcrziptr lur.ji , cladileiaprcriuia inicriort vcrfo UTcliaa picdiquauro.educterii . Avcva laCcda nclfincgicfla picdi trc,clarg3 pitdi 1 1. l."octhicappari\auglrato all' ufo d i qucDo del I'orco, c grande un picde . 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L__ In PESARO , Per gli Eredi di Demetrio Degni Stamp. Cam & Ep. MDCCXV CON LICENZA DE' SUrF.RlOKI. AN ITALIAN WHALING SCENE NO, 100 107 "The Whale assists in the discovery of new worlds". From Philopono's Nova Typis 1G21. Pictorial map with whale in center. Engraving. 11x7. 108 An old engraved plate "16", Adrian Collaert fecit et excud. "Cete" over an illustration of the whale and "Vitulus mariuus" over one of a seal. 101/0x8. 109 Whaling ship with boats out attacking whales. Water color painting, No inscription. 19x12. 110 "Physeter. 1. The Round-headed Cachalot. 2. The blunt-headed Cachalot or Spermaceti Whale". I. Pass sc. Plate from a work on Natural History. Engraving, colored. 9i/^x6i/^. 111 Plate II from some work showing Eight and Sperm whales amid arctic scenery, with reference letters. Engraving, colored. 9i/4x6i/2- 112 Neptune in his chariot coming out of the sea near a fortress, with whales spouting and a ship in the distance. Engraving, colored. I8I/2XI3. 113 "Grandibus exigni sunt Pisces piscibus esca". Cock Excv. 1557. Dutch engraving. 12x181^. Early, allegforical, print of whales, in those days called fishes, "Smaller fishes out of larg-er fishes come". JONAH AND THE WHALE 114 Johah cast upon the land. A modern colored lithograph. No inscrip- tion. 10x121/2. 115 "Evomit absorptum caeco gutture Coetus redditur et terrae qui modo praeda fuit". Long inscription in Dutch from Jonah II. Engrav- ing. 14i/>x20. No date, but old. See illustration. IIG "Jonas sortant de la Baleine". J. Vernet Pinxit. J. B. Tilliard Sculp. Dedie a Monsieur de IMongeroux Cresorier General de la Maison du Eoy. Le table appartient a Mr. Buldet a Paris chez Buldet rue de Gevres par son tres humble et ties obeissant Serviteur Tilliard. En- graving. 15x111/^. 17 117 "Jonah cast by the fish on dry land; Joh. II. v. 10 p. 880" (above). "To the right Eeverend Father in God, Nicholas, Lord Bishop of St. Davids, this plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his Lordships most dutiful Son and Servant, Thos. Stackhouse". "J. Mynde So", and "1733", in ink (below). Engraving from an illustrated Bible. 8x11. The Bishop's arms in center of inscription. 118 "Jonah cast by the fish on dry land. Jona. II v. 10. Plate XVI p. 889". Same dedication and arms as No. 117. Engraving from a Bible. 8x11. 119 "Jonah Ch. 1 Vs. 15. Cast him forth into the sea". Published by Nuttall Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool. Engraving with ornamental border. 91/2x8. 120 "Disobedience punished. Jonah Chap. 1st. V. loth. So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging". I. Chorley Sc. Engraving with ornamental design above. 4x51/2. 121 "Jonah cast on shore by the whale. Jonah II. 10" (above). "Jonas II, 11. Jonas rendu par le poisson sur le rivage. Jonas van den Visch op't landt geworpen. Y. T. 79" (below). Engraving. 7x8. 122 "Jonah cast into the sea. Jonah I. ver 15". Engraving. 3iAx4. "Jonah cast ashore. Jon. II, ver. 18". Engraving. 4x3. In one frame. Each enf^raving has a verse belo^v : "When Jonah sank into the sea The God whose preacher he must be, Prepared a fish his life to save, Beneath the deep and stormj' wave." "When the appointed time was o'er, The fish could keep the man no more, But at the Lord of Heaven's command, Unhurt restor'd him to the land." ADDITIONAL PICTURES IN THE COLLECTION NOT ON EXHIBITION 123 "The ]\Iysticetus or Common Whale". Drawn by J. Chapman. Pub- lished by J. Wilkes, 1798. Colored print. 91/2x61/0. 124 Whale stranded oS the Dutch or Belgian coast. Engraving, 1618. 18 125 The Greenland whale. Greenland Whale Breaching. The Spermaceti Whale. Engravings. 8x6. Three in one frame. See No. 73. 126 "Balene". An old print showing various species of whales and fishes. 4x51/2. 127 Close packed ice, with whales. London, published by G. & W. B. Whit- taker. Woodcut. 5x3. 138 Shoal of whales in the Solway Firth. Woodcut. 81/2x5. 129 A Whale overturning a boat. Two colored prints. Each 5x3l^. 130 Boat struck by a whale. Woodcut. 5i/^x3i/^. 131 "South Sea Whaling". Woodcut from painting by Oswald W. Brierly, 1868;, in the Dudley gallery, London. 14x9^. 132-133 "South Sea Whale Fishery". "North Sea Whale Fishery". Two colored lithographs, published by J. Baillie, New York. Sold by Soule and Shaw, New Bedford and Boston. Each 13x9. 134 "Whale Fishery: Sperm Whale in a Flurry". By Currier and Ives, New York. Lithograph, colored. 17x13. See Nos. 11, 135. 135 "Whale Fishery : Sperm Whale in a Flurry". By Currier. Lithograph, not colored. 13x8^/^. See Nos. 11, 134. 136 "Whale Fishery: Attacking a right whale". Currier and Ives, New York. Lithograph, colored. 12^x8^. 137 "North Sea Whale Fishery". By Currier. Lithograph, not colored. 12x9. 138 Pen and ink sketch, colored, of a whaling scene, by William Potts (England), 1818. 29x30. 139 "Whale Fishery". Published by Currier and Ives. Lithograph, col- ored. 121/2x9. 140 Capturing a whale : reverse picture of "Capturing the Whale" of Cur- rier's series. Engraving without title. 61^x5. 19 141 "A view of ship's boats engaged in sperm whaling, and a ship cutting- in a sperm whale and towing". Copy of original water color by Ben- jamin Russell o^vned by the Old Dartmouth Historical Soc, New Bed- ford. 22x14. Companion to No. 179. 142 "Sperm Whaling and its Varieties". Colored lithograph by J. H. Buf- ford, New York, from drawing by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford, 1870. 32x16. 143 "Right Whaling in Behring Straits and Arctic Ocean with its Varie- ties". Colored lithograph by J. H. Bufford, New York, from drawing by Benjamin Russell of New Bedford, 1871. Proof. 32x16. Nos. 142, 143 are a set. 144 "The Whale Fishery : Attacking a right whale and cutting-in". Colored lithograph by Currier and Ives, New York. 23x16. 145 Dutch whaling scene. Woodcut from an old book. No title. 111/^x6%. 146 "America. Whale Fishery". Harpooner striking a whale. Colored woodcut. 5x4. 147 "La Navigation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine". Lithograph. Inscription also in Dutch. See Nos. 200, 201. 148-149 "Canot lance en I'air par une baleine", and 149, "Pecheurs s'ap- pretant a harponner", 1834. Two woodcuts. 6x4i/^. 150-151 "Peche de la Baleine". (No. 1). "Depecement d'une Baleine". (No. 2). Two woodcuts, drawn by Rouargue. 10x7. 152 Four prints, 16th century, showing the capture of a whale (which, by the way, resembles a boar more than a whale). Colored. In one frame. Rare. 153-154 "Sailing on the Sea and seeking for the WTiale". "The sticking of the whale with the pike". 9x8. Nos. 1, 2 of the series of Dutch engravings. See No. 87. 155 Whaler in the Arctic, with whale boat returning after the chase. Oil painting by Poulson, Albany, N. Y. 33x23. 156 "Whale Fishery". Woodcut, colored. 6x41/2. 20 — i^-^&rfS X;.^!^ A VERY OLD WHALING SCENE NO. 105 JONAH AND THE WHALE NO. 115 157-158 "Greenland Whale Fishery". "North West or Davis Straights Whale Fishery". Two engi-avings,— Robert Dodd, del. ; Ambrosi, sculp 13x8. 159 Whaling scene, similar to "Capturing a sperm whale", published by Hulsart (England). Issued by Mitchell and Croasdale, dealers in whale oil in Philadelphia. Lith. by W. H. Rease, Phil, and printed by Wagner R. McGuigan. See No. 9. IGO Iloransay, Isle of Skye. Whsdes have entered the harbor and the people are trying to capture them. Drawn and engraved by William Dan- iell, London. Engraving. 11x8. 161-162 "Dangers of the Whale Fishery" and "Dangers of the Cachalot Fishery". Two woodcuts framed together. 4%x6i/4. 163 Whalemen attacked by bears. Engraving by A. H. Payne, from a paint- ing by Biard. 61^x43^. 164 Colored sketch, "Cutting-in a Whale," made in 1834 on board the ship "Benjamin Rush" of Warren, R. I. 16x12. 165 Ship "Maria" of New Bedford. Built at Pembroke, Mass., 1782, for privateering and later used as a whaler ; o^vned by William Rotch and by Samuel Rodman, and the Russells of New Bedford; made twenty- five voyages and earned for her owners $250,000. In 1853 she was the oldest vessel in the United States. Woodcut. 9x7. 166 Ship "Rousseau", built in 1801, lying at her wharf in New Bed- ford. A scarce print. Copyright by C. B. Case. 16x121/2. 167 Ship "Roscius", Capt. Merrihew, and bark "Fanny", passing ice, with whale in distance, July 15, 1856. Water color. 111/0x9. 168 Ship "Gazelle", the whaler on which John Boyle O'Reilley escaped from Australia in Feb. 1869. Lithograph, colored. 21x14. 169 Ship "Sharon" of Fairhaven. An old oil painting. 26x21%. An awful mutiny took place on board this vessel in 1842. 170 Bark "Catalpa" of New Bedford. Drawn by E. N. Russell. Published by Forbes Lithograph Co., Boston. Colored. 17x11. Shows Fefnian prisoners escaping from Australia. They are rowing out to the "Catalpa" in small boat. 21 171 Bark "Gen. Scott", Charles H. Kobbins, Master. Water color by Ben- jamin Eussell of New Bedford, 1875. 34x201/2. 172 Ship "Swallow" of New Bedford. Oil painting by C. S. Raleigh, 1875. 173 Ship "Canton" of New Bedford. Oil painting. A well known and successful whaler. 174 Ship "South America", owned by W. G. BrowTiell of New Bedford, a well known owner of whaling ships. Chinese oil painting by Chong- qua. 231/2x18. This vessel was one of the "Stone-fleet" in 1861. 175 A whaler coming to anchor in New Bedford harbor. Water color by Benjamin Eussell of New Bedford. 27x18. 176 "Taking up the Boats". Water color by Benjamin Russell of New Bed- ford, 1871. 211/2x13. 177 "American Whaler". Lithograph, colored, by Currier. 14x8. Similar to No. 31. 178 "Whalers". Drawn by R. Brandard from the painting by J. M. W. Turner in the Royal Academy, London. Engi*aving, colored. 10x71/0. 179 Destruction of whale ships off Cape Thaddeus, Arctic ocean, by the Confederate S. S. "Shenandoah", June 23, 1865. Copy of original water color by Benjamin Russell owned by the Old Dartmouth His- torical Soc., New Bedford. 22x14. Companion to No. 141. 180 "American whalers crushed in the ice. Burning the wrecks to avoid danger to other vessels". Colored print. 14x9. 181 "Destruction of the whaling fleet in the Arctic ocean", from sketches by Capt. Kelley of the ship Gay Head. Five views, wood-cuts. 24x17. 182-186 "Abandonment of whalers in the Arctic ocean in 1871". A set of five lithographs, not colored, by J. H. Bufford, Boston, pub- lished by B. Russell, 1872. 17x111/0. 187 "New Bedford Fifty Years Ago" (1812). Colored lithogi-aph by Endi- cott & Co., New York, from a painting by William A. Wall. Published in 1858 by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford. 231/0x16. PD 74.1 Shows the "old four corners", now corner of Union and Water streets, also William Eotch in his chaise and his mansion house in the back- ground. One of the boys is Hon. Georg'e Howland, Jr., the others being well known New Bedford characters. 188 "New Bedford". View showing wharves lined with whalers. Colored lithograph by J. F. A. Cole, Boston. Published by Prang and Mayer, Boston. 32x16. 189 New Bedford whalers at their wharves; also barrels of oil ready for shipment. Interesting old photograph. 12x10. 190 "New Bedford, view from Fairhaven". Whalers at the wharves and one setting out on a voyage. Engraved by W. Wellstood after draw- ing by J. W. Hill. Published by Smith Brothers & Co., New York. 37x?. Upper margin cut. 191 "New Bedford, view from the fort near Fairhaven". Showing whalers. Lithograph by Lane and Scott ; drawn by F. H. Lane from sketch by A. Conant, 1845. Published by A. Conant. 25x16. 192 "View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford, Nov. 16, 1861". Colored lithograph by Prang & Co., Boston, from drawing by Benjamin Eussell, New Bedford. 321/^x15^. The "Stone Fleet" consisted of old vessels purchased by the U. S. gov- ernment and loaded with stone to be sunk in Charleston harbor to obstruct navigation. See Nos. 174, 193. 193 The Captains of "The Stone Fleet". Photograph of group. 13x8. Captain Beard, Gifford, Svnft, Malloy, Swift, Childs, Stall, Brown, Rowland, French, Worth, Wood, Tilton, Brayton, Taylor, Cumiski, Willis, Chadwick, Bailey. See Nos. 174, 192. 194 An old map of whaling grounds. An interesting colored lithograph. 84x42. 195 Map of British America, showing Eskimos, bears, seals and the whale fishery, also a view of Montreal. Published by John Tallis & Co., London and New York. Engraving. 15x11. 196 "Private Signals of Whaling Vessels belonging to the Port of New Bedford". Published by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford, 1857. Colored print. 31x22. 23 197 "New Bedford, Mass. 1787". Minton fireplace tile, sepia brown, made about 1880-1890. 6x6. Similar to No. 187. The date is an error and should be 1812. 198 "Wharf scene. New Bedford, Mass". A whaler "hove down" for repairs. Minton fireplace tile, sepia bro^vTl, made about 1880-1890. 6x6. Copy of a painting in the Public Library, New Bedford. 199 Similar to No. 77, but uncolored. Same size. 200 Same as No. 147. Lithograph, colored. 201 "La Baleine est rame en Navire". Lithograph, colored. Nos. 200, 201, are companion prints with inscriptions also in Dutch. 202 Jonah and the whale. "Hunc vesuti magno veniens e gurgite quondam Bessua continuit ventris sub carcere Vatem, Et post tres soles occlusum littore tandem Restituit, vesciqz dedit vitalibus auris." Joan Sadler scalps et excud. 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