ABERDEEN

DateCirca 1841

Mediumengraving

Dimensions4 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (11.4 × 18.7 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.8592

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA colored view of the northeast port of Aberdeen, Scotland. There is an inlet (manmade?) from the outer harbor and within the inner harbor are large permanent dock for berthing several ships at once. Depiction of Aberdeen is that of an emerging industrialized city featureing a number of large warehouse-like buildings and smokestacks In the foreground is a hill upon which a few cattle are grazing and some boys are "playing". Steamers and sailing boats are entering the inner harbor. Duplicate version of P-P 0746.

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