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The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe 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
Boiling Train Oil at Nymindegab, Jutland, 1879. Creator: Laurits TuxenBoiling Train Oil at Nymindegab, Jutland, 1879. [Oil obtained from the blubber of whales was sometimes known as train oil]
Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves, 1846. Artist: JMW TurnerWhalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves, 1846. From the Tate Gallery, London
Soapine household cleaner, late 19th century. American trade card for Kendall Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Whale blubber was used in some soap products
