Whaling: sailors arriving at Greenland to kill whales, their ships being out at sea. Aquatint by R. Dodd, 1789.

  • Dodd, Robert, 1748-1815.
Date:
[Jany. 1st. 1789]
Reference:
37593i
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[London (No. 90 Cheapside)] : [John & Josiah Boydell], [Jany. 1st. 1789]

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1 print : aquatint ; image/sheet 37.8 x 64.2 cm

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The Greenland whale fishery. Robt. Dodd delint. & sculpt.

Notes

This aquatint became a pair with another aquatint of the same size also published by Boydell a few months later (1 May 1789): "The North West, or Davis's Streights whale fishery", also by Robert Dodd

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Wellcome Collection 37593i

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