Artist/Maker
Smith, Marian
Date1903
MediumPaper
Dimensions5 x 4 in. (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
Donor credit lineGiven in Honor Of Marian Shaw Smith By Martha B. Blatchford and Jonathan D. Chace.
Object number2025.11.56
DescriptionPhotograph showing a baleen whale carcass rigged to the starboard side of the vessel. Men are partially visible on the cutting stage cutting the carcass with cutting spades. Marked in red in the lower left corner: "Copyright 1903 H.S. Hutchinson & Co." Handwritten in pencil on the back side: "21" and "%". Photograph taken by Marian Smith.ProvenanceGift of Martha Blatchford and Jonathan D. Chace.Photographs taken by Marian Smith aboard whaling ships and copyrighted by H.S. Hutchinson of New Bedford.
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