Whale Collection (page 2)

The Spouting Whale, ca. 1870. Creator: William Morris Hunt
The Spouting Whale, ca. 1870

The Marblehead Fishermen, ca. 1922-1928. Creator: John Orne Johnson Frost
The Marblehead Fishermen, ca. 1922-1928

Prophets and Sibyls: Jonah (Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican), 1508-1512. Found in the collection of The Sistine Chapel, Vatican

A Whale Ashore - Klahoquat, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
A Whale Ashore - Klahoquat, 1855/1869. On the western coast of Vancouver, being harpooned 1855

Warship and a spouting whale, 1665. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Warship and a spouting whale, 1665

Parade float in the form of a ship, coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Modena at top, 1652

Big Fish Eat Little Fish, 1557. Creators: Pieter van der Heyden, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Big Fish Eat Little Fish, 1557

British Tars Towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broad-Bottom Leviathan trying Billys Old Boat, and the Little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, October 1, 1807

The Prince of Whales or the Fisherman at Anchor, May 1, 1812. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Prince of Whales or the Fisherman at Anchor, May 1, 1812. George, Prince of Wales as a sea monster with Spencer Perceval, Isabella, Marchioness of Hertford and Maria Fitzherbert

Jonah Cast on Shore by the Fish, ca. 1585. Creators: Antonius Wierix, Hieronymous Wierix
Jonah Cast on Shore by the Fish, ca. 1585

Jonah and the Whale, Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), ca. 1400

H. M. S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line
H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line, 1865-66

Jonah and the Whale, Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)... ca
Jonah and the Whale, Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425

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]

Right Whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its Varieties, pub. 1871 (colour lithograph)

The Chinese Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, 1840. Creator: English School (19th Century)
The Chinese Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, 1840 (w/c on paper). showing influences from Brighton Pavillions neo-Chinoiserie

Killer Whales Rising To Blow, c1910–1913, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Killer Whales Rising To Blow, c1910– 1913, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Watson and the Shark, 1778, by John Singleton Copley

Terrarum Orbis Tabula after G. a Schagen. C. 1689
Terrarum Orbis Tabula after G. a Schagen. Pub. C. 1689 (hand coloured engraving)

Constellation of Cetus (the Whale), 1729
Constellation of Cetus (the whale), 1729. From Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed (1646-1710), the first Astronomer Royal

HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). Artist
HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). HMS Agamemnon was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion

Whale. Folding screen, 1797. Found in the collection of Miho Museum, Koka

Illustration to the fairy-tale poem The Humpbacked Horse by P. Yershov. Found in the Collection of State Central Literary Museum, Moscow

A Samoan chief in full ceremonial costume, 1902. Artist: Thomas Andrew
A Samoan chief in full ceremonial costume, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Samoan woman wearing a collar of cachalots teeth and a ceremonial headdress, 1902. Artist: Josiah Martin
A Samoan woman wearing a collar of cachalots teeth and a ceremonial headdress of tow and mother-of-pearl, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co. London, 1902]

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]

South Sea Whale Fishery, 1836. Artist: Edward Duncan
South Sea Whale Fishery, 1836. After Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783-1857). From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Handling whales at the Bluff, Durban, South Africa. A print from View Album of Glorious Durban

Whale blubber, Magdalene Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929

Whale captured in the Thames, Grays, Essex, 19th century

Tthe voyage to Novaya Zemlya in 1596, 1679-1681. Artist: Luyken, Jan (Johannes) (1649-1712)
Tthe voyage to Novaya Zemlya in 1596, 1679-1681. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden

Danish Whaling Station, 1634. Artist: Speeck, Abraham (active 17th century)
Danish Whaling Station, 1634. Found in the collection of the Skokloster Castle

The Prophet Jonah (Detail of Interior Mosaics in the St. Marks Basilica), 12th century. Artist: Byzantine Master
The Prophet Jonah (Detail of Interior Mosaics in the St. Marks Basilica), 12th century. Found in the collection of the Saint Marks Basilica, Venice

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

Homology (of commmon descent), c1920. A: Fore-limb of a monkey. B: Fore-limb of a whale. Although different at first sight, they have similar architecture

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

Jonah and the Whale, early Christian Sarcophagus, Roman Marble, 4th century. At Vatican Museums

Native American copper mask representing a killer whale, 19th century
Pacific North-Western Native American mask representing a killer whale, made from scrap copper, from the British Museums collection, 19th century

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

Early Christian depiction of Jonah and the Whale on a sarcophagus, 4th century
Image of Jonah and the Whale, from an early marble Christian sarcophagus from Rome, 4th Century. Currently in the Vatican Museum

Jonah being spewed up by the whale, 1557. In the middle of the picture he is shown falling overboard and being swallowed. From Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon by Conrad Lycosthenes. (Basel 1557)

South Sea Whale Fishery, 1825. Amelia Wilson and Castor off Buoro. Factory ship at anchor while crew in boats harpoon Sperm Whales

Harpooning a Sperm Whale, 1837. Artist: William Jardine
Harpooning a Sperm Whale, from William Jardine The Naturalists Library: On the Ordinary Cetacea, Edinburgh, 1837

Harpooning a Greenland Whale which has tossed one of the attacking boats, 1837. Artist: William Jardine
Harpooning a Greenland Whale which has tossed one of the attacking boats. From William Jardine The Naturlists Library: On the Ordinary Cetacea, Edinburgh, 1837

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