"Cutting In"

Mediumengraving

Dimensions4 5/8 × 7 in. (11.7 × 17.8 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.9184

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionWood engraving. One in a series of six illustrations in an article from "Ballou's Pictorial". Image, in color, of a whale being cut-in alongside a whaleship (facing right). American flag flying from taffrail, sails shortened. Sharks and birds are gathering in water. Palm trees on land on left horizon, hill on right horizon. Title below.ProvenanceOne of a series of illustrations in an article entitled "Whaling" in BALLOU'S PICTORIAL DRAWING-ROOM COMPANION, Feb. 17, 1855, p. 104-105.

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