[Artist unknown] :[Whaleboat showing position of crew. Early nineteenth century]

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Title

[Artist unknown] :[Whaleboat showing position of crew. Early nineteenth century]

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Whale boat with six crew, four men rowing, the harpooner poised with his harpoon and 200 fathoms of rolled-up line indicated behind him, the boat steerer also indicated, as well as the loggerhead on the stern of the boat. Length overall is indicated as 26 feet. On the verso is a scene in pencil with a rocky foreshore, several men, a ship probably moored close to one outcrop of rocks and whales visible in the calm waters beyond, two of them blowing. The scene on the verso may have been trim...

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Format

Image

Date created

1800 - 1850

Creator

Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22888895

Related subjects

Harpoons / Whaleboats / Whalers (Persons) / Whales / Whaling

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