Whalers preparing to harpoon a whale
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Title
Whalers preparing to harpoon a whale
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Whaling
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1852
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC WHA
Subjects
Rowboats
Whales
Whaling
Whalers (Persons)
Spear fishing
Harpoons
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "1854" Foxing on image.
Source Note: The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, according to the classifications of Stark. (New York : Kearny, 1852) Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison) (1805-1866), Editor.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17516778
Barcode: 33333159488077
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 602b45a0-c565-012f-33ae-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1852
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Whalers preparing to harpoon a whale" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/602b45a0-c565-012f-33ae-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1852). Whalers preparing to harpoon a whale Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/602b45a0-c565-012f-33ae-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Whalers preparing to harpoon a whale" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/602b45a0-c565-012f-33ae-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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