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Destruction of the Whaling Fleet in the Arctic Ocean

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Date:

[1871]

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Art

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Item ID number:

2877468

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W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana

Destruction of the Whaling Fleet in the Arctic Ocean
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Date(s):

[1871]

Place:

New Bedford, Massachussetts

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

Edwin Dews

Extent:

1 print / estampe : engraving hand-coloured
Image 17.100 x 52.200

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Discoloured. Vertical bands of brown discolouration. L.r. corner folded. Glue damage along top border. Canada Steamship Lines stamp embossed l.l.
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Artist: Kelly, Capt. active ca. 1871

Publisher: Dews, Edwin, fl. 1871
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in the print, below the ships, upper image with ship names and "General View of the Arctic Whaling Fleet in the Ice" and below lower 3 images, "Abandoning [sic] The Barks ... in the Ice off Point Belcher, September 14, 1871. The Rendezvous at Icy Cape - The Boats Effecting a Landing. [rt. image, ship names below] Barks Arctic and Progress Receiving the Crews of the Wrecked and Abandoned Ships South of Icy Cape. Destruction of the Whaling Fleet in the Arctic Ocean. - From the Sketches by Captain Kelly, of the Gay Head: [sic] Published by Edwin Dews, New Bedford, Mass."
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Disasters & Accidents, Shipwrecks : 1871

SUBJ. - Fishing, Whale
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Private

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1970-188 PIC
01161
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publication

Item no. assigned by LAC [01161] 1161

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [01161] C-041021

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-1161 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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