The North West or Davis's Streights Whale Fishery.

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• ARTIST: Robert Dodd

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1780

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 3/4 x 13 1/4" (19.8 x 33.7 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: The North West, or Davis’s Streights Whale Fishery is an engraved view after a design by Robert Dodd, depicting the hazardous work of British whalers in the icy waters of Davis Strait. The scene shows several ships working among broken floes while open boats pursue whales in the foreground, capturing both the scale of the enterprise and the dangers faced by the crews.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Naval, Nautical & Marine , Whaling