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456866
  • Title
    South Sea whale fishery, 1834 / painted by W. J. Huggins, engraved by E. Duncan
  • Creator
  • Call number
    V*/Wha/4
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1834
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    456866
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    Prints - 48 x 68 cm. - 1 colour aquatint
  • Scope and Content
    Provenance of item derived from a list of material that was deposited with the National Art Gallery (Art Gallery of N.S.W.), prior to the Mitchell Library's opening in 1910
  • General note

    `A reproduction of boats attacking a sperm whale. Descriptions given by experienced masters and officers 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.'
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