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Whale Hunt
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Whale Hunt

anonymous · 1720 - 1750 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Four scenes on one plate. L. to R.: The ship foundering in the ice during a storm; The ship sailing out of the ice, with polar bears in the foreground; Ships arriving in Greenland; Boiling whale blubber to obtain tallow. Copy after prints forming part of a series depicting whaling and hunting in the ice sea. Prints numbered: 13 to 16.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printshipwreckwhale fishery, whaling
Credit lineWalvisjacht. 1720 - 1750. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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