HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH "DESTRUCTION OF THE WHALING
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HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH "DESTRUCTION OF THE WHALING FLEET IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN."
Designed and drawn on stone by Captain Kelly of the ship Gayhead, circa 1872. Edwin Dews, publisher.
14" x 20.5" sight. Framed 21.75" x 28.5".
Provenance:
Thomas Schuyler Hathaway, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and thence by descent.
Grogan & Company, Boston Massachusetts, October 1994, purchased by Richard Kelton.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.
This hand-colored lithograph depicts an event that dealt one of the final blows to the American whaling industry: In September 1871, off Cape Belcher, Alaska, 34 whaling vessels, including 21 from New Bedford, became trapped in the ice and had to be abandoned. A total of 180 whaleboats carrying 1,219 whalemen were rescued and carried to safety by only seven surviving whaleships. Amazingly, there were no casualties. This lithograph is based on drawings by Captain William H. Kelley, master of the whaleship Gay Head, which was one of the vessels abandoned and lost during the catastrophe.
Designed and drawn on stone by Captain Kelly of the ship Gayhead, circa 1872. Edwin Dews, publisher.
14" x 20.5" sight. Framed 21.75" x 28.5".
Provenance:
Thomas Schuyler Hathaway, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and thence by descent.
Grogan & Company, Boston Massachusetts, October 1994, purchased by Richard Kelton.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.
This hand-colored lithograph depicts an event that dealt one of the final blows to the American whaling industry: In September 1871, off Cape Belcher, Alaska, 34 whaling vessels, including 21 from New Bedford, became trapped in the ice and had to be abandoned. A total of 180 whaleboats carrying 1,219 whalemen were rescued and carried to safety by only seven surviving whaleships. Amazingly, there were no casualties. This lithograph is based on drawings by Captain William H. Kelley, master of the whaleship Gay Head, which was one of the vessels abandoned and lost during the catastrophe.
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HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH "DESTRUCTION OF THE WHALING
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