Whaler Collection

The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Whale, c1850. Around the main illustration of harpooning a whale and the whalers being tossed from their boat are vignettes of the uses to which the whale was put after the carcass had been cut

Scenes in Japan: a Japanese whaling-boat, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scenes in Japan: a Japanese whaling-boat, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. F. L. Bedwell, of...a specimen of the curious boats employed by the Japanese in the whale-fishery along [the]

The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island...1876. Creators: W. J. P. W. H. O
The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island, from a sketch supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876....the emigrant-ship Strathmore [was wrecked], in July last

Whales by an ice floe, 1830-1860. Creator: Albertus van Beest
Whales by an ice floe, 1830-1860. A whale spouts in the foreground as whalers approach with harpoons. In the background a three-masted sailing ship

Whaling, 1742-1801. Creator: Anon
Whaling, 1742-1801. Il Baleno e remigato alla nave'. Rowing boats drive the whales towards the ship

Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean, 1654-1708. Creator: Abraham Storck
Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean, 1654-1708

Launch of the "Earl of Hardwicke", Whaling Ship, at Cowes, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Launch of the "Earl of Hardwicke", Whaling Ship, at Cowes, 1850. Launch of...a fine barque, measuring about 256 tons...built for the Southern Whale-Fishery Company, by Messrs

Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One... c. 1831-33
Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)", Japan, c. 1831-33

Image of a Whale Hunt at Goto, Hizen Province (Hizen Goto geiryo no zu), from the series "... 1859
Image of a Whale Hunt at Goto, Hizen Province (Hizen Goto geiryo no zu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)", 1859

Whaling Ships and Small Boats with Whale, 1769. Creator: Cornelis Ouboter van der Grient
Whaling Ships and Small Boats with Whale, 1769

Cutting up a blue whale, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Cutting up a blue whale, between c1900 and c1930

The whaler-Clayoquot, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The whaler-Clayoquot, c1910. Nootka Indian standing on shore with spear

In the midst of Leviathan. ; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown
In the midst of " Leviathan." ; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. [Dramatic arctic scene with whales and sailing ship in rough seas]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

The Dutch Whaling Fleet, 1690 / 1700. Creator: Abraham Storck
The Dutch Whaling Fleet, 1690/1700. Sailors harpooning whales and attacking polar bears

The Whaler - Clayoquot, 1915. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Whaler - Clayoquot, 1915. [Native American man from the west coast of Canada]. Photogravure, plate 394 from " The North American Indian, volume 11" (1916)

Ships Billethead, c. 1939. Creator: Lucille Chabot
Ships Billethead, c. 1939

Billethead, c. 1936. Creator: Lucille Chabot
Billethead, c. 1936

Whaler off the Vineyard--Outward Bound, 1859. Creator: William Bradford
Whaler off the Vineyard--Outward Bound, 1859

Whalers, 1879-80. Creator: Robert Brandard
Whalers, 1879-80

Nipped in the Ice, 1876-94. 1876-94. Creators: Nathaniel Currier, James Merritt Ives
Nipped in the Ice, 1876-94. Three-masted whaling ship caught on ice in the ocean

An Incident of Whaling. Creator: William Bradford
An Incident of Whaling. (American, 1823-1892)

Off Greenland—Whaler Seeking Open Water. Creator: William Bradford
Off Greenland--Whaler Seeking Open Water

Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm), ca. 1860-61. Creator
Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm), ca. 1860-61

Replenishing the Ships Larder with Codfish off the Newfoundland Coast, 1811-ca. 1813

Whalers, ca. 1845. Creator: JMW Turner
Whalers, ca. 1845

Whale or Greenland Fishery, 1720, (1946). Creator: Elisha Kirkall
Whale or Greenland Fishery, 1720, (1946). British whaling ships off the coast of Greenland: sailors in small rowing boats hunt whales with harpoons; men attack a polar bear at bottom left

Whaling in the Antarctic. Creator: Keith Henderson
Whaling in the Antarctic. A whale is hit by a harpoon. Empire Marketing Board poster

The Sperm-Whale, 1882. Creator: Unknown
The Sperm-Whale, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

South Sea Whale Fishery, 1825. Artist: Thomas Sutherland
South Sea Whale Fishery, 1825. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

Northern Whale Fishery, c1829. Artist: Edward Duncan
Northern Whale Fishery, c1829. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

Whaling, Magdalene Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929

A whaler, Magdalene Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929

Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves, 1846. Artist: JMW Turner
Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves, 1846. From the Tate Gallery, London

Carving of an Inuit whale-hunt on an ivory snow-knife, 19th century
Carving of a Western Inuit whale-hunt on an ivory snow-knife made from walrus tusk. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

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