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Antique Whale Painting

Japanese Huge Antique Captain Whale Fisherman Satsuma Charger, 18 Inches & Box
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japanese Satsuma, a fine and monumental 18" Meiji period charger Ozara with rare motif: Captain fisherman and his fish. Depicting a tale of Urashima Tarō* (see below), Signed Jyuk...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Whale Painting

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Ceramic

19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
painting would likely benefit from a cleaning. A Captain Edward Howes sailed the whale ship VESPER out of
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1850s American Folk Art Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas

Pair of Large 19th Century Hand Painted Wall Panels on Canvas in Gilt Frames
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Dallas, TX
parts of his work. The sight of the whales at Marseilles and his voyage thence to Civitavecchia (Papal
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Early 17th Century French Louis XV Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas, Giltwood

Portrait of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan, by James Cree, circa 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
MORGAN is the most famous Yankee whale ship, and the only surviving 19th Century whaleship from the age
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

Early 18th Century Engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720
Located in Nantucket, MA
Very early 18th century Dutch woodblock engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720, a hand
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1720s Dutch Baroque Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

1825 Hand-Colored Aquatint Engraving by T. Sutherland "South Sea Whale Fishery"
By William John Huggins
Located in Morristown, NJ
. Titled "South Sea Whale Fishery", after a painting by William John Huggins (English, 1781-1845
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1820s English George IV Antique Whale Painting

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Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper

French Wrought Iron Garden Table with Steampunk Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
steampunk illustration of a whale shaped hot air balloon carrying three sailors in a suspended boat.
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Whale Painting

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Wrought Iron

Chinese Export Blue & White Tea Bowl and Saucer, Neptune, the God of Sea
Located in Downingtown, PA
of the design with a number of other figures to his left and right with three large fish or whales at
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1730s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Whale Painting

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Porcelain

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Water Snakes I" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
, Women Friends, Girlfriends, Water Snakes I and what Klimt called his painting at Kunstschau 1908
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

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1930’s French Marble & bamboo dinning table
By Andre Domin & Marcel Genevriere for Maison Dominique
Located in London, Lambeth
Gorgeous dinning table with bamboo base With a wonderful marble top Cc1930’s French Dimensions 116cm wide 72cm. Deep 73 cm. High
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Whale Painting

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Marble

Antique 1930’s French Marble & bamboo dinning table
1930’s French Marble & bamboo dinning table
H 28.75 in W 45.67 in D 28.35 in
Pair Japanese Meiji Period Komai Lidded Vases
By Komai
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful quality pair of Japanese Meiji period 1868-1912 Komai damascened iron lidded vases. Each having classical motif decoration, grapes and vine leaves, inset panels depicti...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Whale Painting

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Iron

Monumental Antique Saint Patrick Garden Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
Life size 59 inch tall legendary saint Patrick garden sculpture - founder of Christianity In Ireland This is an extraordinary example of an antique American or Continental hand pain...
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Early 20th Century American Antique Whale Painting

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Iron, Zinc

Pair French 18th-19th Century Chinoiserie Circle of Jean B. Pillement
By Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 18th-19th century whimsical rococo style chinoiserie oil on canvas, circle of Jean-Baptiste Pillement. (French, 1728-1808). One oil painting depicting an outdoo...
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Late 18th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas, Giltwood

19th C. Silk Embroidered and Hand Painted Seascape by Thomas Willis
By Thomas Willis
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century silk embroidered and hand painted oil on canvas seascape by Thomas Willis (1850 - 1925), depicting the schooner-rigged racing yacht MARION WENTWORTH with all sails set, ...
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1880s American Folk Art Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas, Silk

19th Century Painting of Island Lighthouse in Maine, Signed E. Chase
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Painting of Island Lighthouse in Maine, signed E. Chase, an oil on board folk art painting of what appears to be Nash Island Light in Maine with square light tower, A-fr...
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1870s American Folk Art Antique Whale Painting

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Other

Japanese Ceramic Vase by Ito Tozan I Meiji Period
By Ito Tozan I
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stoneware vase of a jar form was finely decorated with low relief carving and delicate colored glazes depicting bundles of peony flowers. It was made by Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) ...
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1890s Japanese Japonisme Antique Whale Painting

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Ceramic

Pair of Large Painted French Pastoral Canvas Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Decorative pair of French Pastoral painted panels on wood stretchers.
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20th Century French Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas

Satsuma Earthenware Vase, by Kinkozan, Japanese, Meiji Period
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Satsuma Earthenware Vase, by Kinkozan, Japanese, Meiji period (1868-1912) decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze, delicately painted with ladies a...
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1860s Antique Whale Painting

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Earthenware

Antique Italian Giltwood Trumeau Mirror with Harbor Scene Oil Painting, C. 1780
Located in Dallas, TX
This Italian trumeau mirror, hand-carved circa 1780, features a 20 ½” H x 38” W mirror set beneath a maritime oil painting. The giltwood frame has angular protrusions in the upper co...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Large Meiji Period Satsuma Earthenware Floor Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Meiji period Satsuma earthenware floor vase, the of baluster form, painted in pastel overglaze enamels and gilding with two large sprays of flowers including prunus blossom, ...
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1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Whale Painting

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Enamel

Large Meiji Period Satsuma Earthenware Floor Vase
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Meiji period Satsuma earthenware floor vase, the skittle shaped body painted in pastel overglaze enamels and gilding with a continuous frieze of the Seven Gods of Good Fortun...
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1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Whale Painting

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Enamel

Satsuma Earthenware Vase, by Kinkozan
By Satsuma
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Satsuma earthenware vase, by Kinkozan, Japanese, Meiji period (1868-1912) decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear, crackled glaze, delicately painted with a lady a...
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Early 1900s Antique Whale Painting

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Earthenware

1900 Japanese Satsuma Porcelain Huge Vase with Samurai Scenes
By Satsuma
Located in Weiningen, CH
1900 Japanese Satsuma porcelain huge vase with Samurai scenes.
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1890s Japanese Japonisme Antique Whale Painting

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Porcelain, Paint

Pair of French Painted Tapestry Panels circa 1900 with Painted Frames
Located in Houston, TX
Antique painted panels depicting courting couples lying By a lake and the other couple walking in a wooded area. Lovely soft colors in teal, beige and toupe colors.
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Early 20th Century French Antique Whale Painting

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Linen

Painting Naive Oil Four Cornish Lugger Spirit of Alfred Wallis
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Lugger in full sail riding a wave past a lighthouse with land on the horizon. Characterful naive picture in the spirit of Alfred Wallis. Provenance: Part of a small collection of s...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Antique Whale Painting

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Other

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Samuel L. "Mommie" Schwarz Art Deco Watercolor of a Whale
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
period. It depicts a whale swimming in green water seen from above. This design is numbered '24' and
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

Couple on a Rocky Hill - 18th Century, Old Master, Landscape Painting
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Arles, FR
Old Master Oil Painting on Canvas, c. 1740 Suiveur de Claude-Joseph Vernet Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714
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1740s Old Masters Antique Whale Painting

19th Century Oil Painting Capturing a Sperm Whale
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This painting is a famous painting of a print first issued in 1835, believed to be the first
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Whale Painting

19th century North East American whaling boats at sea with Whale attack
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted mid to late 19th century American School painting of Whalers attacking a Whale
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1870s Victorian Antique Whale Painting

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Oil, Wood Panel

Seascape with Whale Ship, by J.H. Appleby, circa 1880
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century seascape with whale ship, by J.H. Appleby, circa 1880, an oil on board view of a
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas

19th Century China Trade American Ship Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Possibly the Niantic, a whale ship that traveled to China around 1840 and then back to San
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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Whale Painting

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Paint

19th Century Original Whaling Painting by Benjamin Russell, circa 1880
By Benjamin Russell
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century original whaling painting by Benjamin Russell (New Bedford: 1804 - 1885), circa 1880
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1880s American Other Antique Whale Painting

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Other

Painting of the Whaleship "Charles W. Morgan" by James Cree, circa 1921
Located in Nantucket, MA
Original Painting of the famous Whaleship "Charles W. Morgan", by noted New Bedford artist James
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1920s American Other Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

Laying The Hose Pipe Ghost, Harpers New Monthly Magazine
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
story art, most notably the long-running Tug-Boat Annie and with maritime painting, Fischer was more
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1910s Other Art Style Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Book Cover for "Resurrection" by Edwin Balmer, 1920
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
notably the long-running Tug-Boat Annie and with maritime painting, Fischer was more versatile than
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1920s Other Art Style Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Large Irish Pub Sign for "The Whale", circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
sign for "The Whale" with dramatic painting of a right whale, with pub name in Gold Leaf. Both sides
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Early 20th Century Irish Folk Art Antique Whale Painting

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Wood

Important 18th Century Tile Panel Depicting the Whale Hunt
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
, sloops, and whales to discover. The painting and execution of the tiles are of exceptional quality
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Whale Painting

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Ceramic

Important 18th Century Tile Panel Depicting the Whale Hunt
Important 18th Century Tile Panel Depicting the Whale Hunt
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H 31.5 in W 36.62 in D 0.99 in
19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
six boats lowered and three sperm whales in a flurry, three boats in peril and a close-up view of the
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas

19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
H 24.63 in W 52.25 in D 2 in
Crayon or Pastel on Muslin Naive Map of America
Located in York County, PA
birds and whales. In Southern California there is a mission and fruit trees. There are is a brewery in
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Early 20th Century Antique Whale Painting

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Cotton

Antique Pair of French Etchings After Paintings by Joseph Vernet, 19th Century
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique pair of French School dry point engravings after paintings by Joseph Vernet depicting
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19th Century French Antique Whale Painting

Two French Joseph Vernet Biblical Etchings "Jonas..." & "Hagar.....", circa 1890
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Big Flats, NY
his ambition, and Vernet started for Rome. The sight of the whales at Marseilles and his voyage thence
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19th Century French Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

Antique Nantucket Hand Decorated Folding Double Chair from Steamship or Theater
Located in Nantucket, MA
with later hand-painted Nantucket iconic images including a Steamship, Right Whale, image of the island
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whale Painting

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Wood

Three French Joseph Vernet Genre Etchings from "Veue D'italie" Collection
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Big Flats, NY
, could not satisfy his ambition, and Vernet started for Rome. The sight of the whales at Marseilles and
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19th Century French Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

Costal Harbour Landscape with a Ship and brewing Storm - 18th Century Engraving
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Plate signed Large formatted engraving, after a painting by this very well well know french artist. C
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18th Century Naturalistic Antique Whale Painting

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Paper, Ink, Engraving

19th Century Whale Painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
whale, who in this case is in mid dive. very detailed in historically accurate depictions.
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1860s American American Classical Antique Whale Painting

19th Century Whale Painting
19th Century Whale Painting
H 28 in W 37.25 in D 1.5 in
Painting of Niagara Falls Attributed to Robert Whale
By Robert R. Whale
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A well executed oil painting depicting both the Canadian and American Falls at Niagara. The dark
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Late 19th Century Canadian British Colonial Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas

19th Century Canadian Oil Painting of Niagara Falls Attributed to Robert Whale
By Robert R. Whale
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A small oil on canvas of Niagara Falls showing the original lighthouse attributed to Robert Whale
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Mid-19th Century Canadian British Colonial Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas

Wounded Whale
Located in New York, NY
An impressionistic work of a dying whale.
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Early 20th Century American Antique Whale Painting

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Linen

Wounded Whale
Wounded Whale
H 25 in W 29 in
Harpooning a Whale
By Spencer Douglass Crockwell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This oil on canvas by the well-listed American illustrator Douglass Crockwell offers a regionalist in style look at pre-industrial whaling, evoking the epic Moby Dick by Herman Melvi...
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1920s Modern Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas, Oil

Painting Engraving by W.J.Huggins, Northern Whale Fishery, 1829
By William John Huggins
Located in Bodicote, Oxfordshire
Painting by William John Huggins engraved by E.Duncan, 1829. This engraving/painting shows great
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1820s English Antique Whale Painting

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Paper

Wesley Webber American (1841-1914)
Located in Litchfield, CT
Capturing a Sperm Whale Signed (l.r.): W. Webber 1879 Inscribed on verso in the
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19th Century Antique Whale Painting

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Canvas

Large European Landscape of Riverscene
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bourlet, framemaker to the Queen of Whales, London
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19th Century English Antique Whale Painting

Off The Coast
By Elisha Taylor Baker
Located in Hudson, NY
Connecticut. He married a local woman in 1851, and likely joined in the lucrative whale oil and baleen trades
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19th Century American Realist Antique Whale Painting

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Oil

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