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View of towing whales to the ships
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View of towing whales to the ships

Georg Balthasar Probst · 1742 - 1801 · etching; brush; paper; watercolor (paint)

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

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Ships lie on the water among ice floes, and several rowboats sail from which whales are hunted. Numbered top right: 58. Numbered bottom left: 3.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printopticaprentsailing-ship, sailing-boatrowing-boat, canoe, etc.whale fishery, whalingGreenland
Credit lineGezicht op het roeien van de walvissen naar de schepen. 1742 - 1801. Georg Balthasar Probst. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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