Dead Whale
Artist/Maker Rapoza, Francisco Portuguese-American, 1911 - 1984
Title

Dead Whale

Mediumphoto reproduction, paper
Dimensions16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Object number1953.19.6
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionIn the foreground are the disappearing flukes of a harpooned whale. The successful whaleboat that struck it is beginning to tow the animal back to where the whaleship awaits with its try-pots already smoking. Other whaleboats are approaching, possibly to assist in the tow.
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