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Instruments used in the capture of the whale

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Image ID

834475


Item data

Title

Instruments used in the capture of the whale

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Whaling

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1828

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC WHA

Subjects

Whaling
Harpoons

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Brown stains on image.
Source Note: American natural history. (Philadelphia : Stoddart Atherton, 1828) Godman, John D. (John Davidson) (1794-1830), Author.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17516778
Barcode: 33333159488036
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 56b58f80-c565-012f-d70c-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1828

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Instruments used in the capture of the whale" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1828. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/56b58f80-c565-012f-d70c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1828). Instruments used in the capture of the whale Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/56b58f80-c565-012f-d70c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Instruments used in the capture of the whale" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/56b58f80-c565-012f-d70c-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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