The California gray whale (Rhachianectes claucus, Cope) ; The finback (Balænoptera velifera, Cope)
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Item data
Title
The California gray whale (Rhachianectes claucus, Cope) ; The finback (Balænoptera velifera, Cope)
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Animals -- Whale
Names
Scammon, Charles Melville, 1825-1911 (Artist)
Britton & Rey (Lithographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1874
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC ANI-Wha
Subjects
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Plate II" Figures numbered 1-2. Stains and injury line on image.
Source Note: Marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated together with an account of the american whale-fishery. (New York : Putnam, 1874) Scammon, Charles Melville (1825-1911), Author.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 26 x 38 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17679369
Barcode: 33333159402326
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 90089e80-c536-012f-f2d1-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1874
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The California gray whale (Rhachianectes claucus, Cope) ; The finback (Balænoptera velifera, Cope)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1874. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/90089e80-c536-012f-f2d1-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1874). The California gray whale (Rhachianectes claucus, Cope) ; The finback (Balænoptera velifera, Cope) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/90089e80-c536-012f-f2d1-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The California gray whale (Rhachianectes claucus, Cope) ; The finback (Balænoptera velifera, Cope)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/90089e80-c536-012f-f2d1-58d385a7bc34
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