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Sperm Whaling with Its Varieties. [and] Right Whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its Varieties. [Pair].

  • ARTIST: Benjamin Russell

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph printed in color and finished by hand,

    DATE: 1870-1871.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 7/8 x 32 3/8" (404 x 822 mm). [and] 15 7/8 x 32 1/16" (403 x 815 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: J. H. Bufford's Lith. 490 Washn. St., Boston. From an original drawing by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford, Mass. <BR><BR> An important pair of American whaling images.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Overall good condition and color, minor discoloration marks mostly in Right Whaling.

  • REFERENCE: Brewington-Kendall #20-21.