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19th Century National Whaling Bank Check
Located in Nantucket, MA
Rare 19th Century Bank Check Drawn on the "National Whaling Bank" of New London, Connecticut
Category
1870s American Victorian Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Whaling Print, Circa 1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whaling scene
Copper-plate engraving
Published C.1800
Unframed.
Category
Early 1800s English Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
Whaling – 1900 Monumental Zoology Vintage Lithograph
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Joseph Fleischmann, 'Whaling' (Hartingers Wandtafeln: Zoologie T. XXXII), monumental vintage color
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Early 1900s Naturalistic Antique Whaling
Materials
Lithograph
American Impressionist Boats Whaling Schooner New Bedford Massachusetts
By Harry Neyland
Located in New York, NY
Harry Neyland was an American impressionist painter, born 1877-1958 in Massachusetts.
This painting is an American impressionist seascape with great colors and painterly texture.
In...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Whaling
Materials
Oil
Whaling Crew - Cape Prince of Wales, pl. 709
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Dallas, TX
Printed plate number, Curtis's title, date, copyright, and photogravures by John Andrews and Son on recto.
Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder tissue
Known for his remarkable documen...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Whaling
Materials
Photogravure
H 15.25 in W 19 in D 0.1 in
19th Century Colored Lithograph of Sperm Whaling with Its Varieties, 1870
By Benjamin Russell
Located in Nantucket, MA
Fine colored lithograph of Sperm Whaling with its Varieties, after Original by Benjamin Russell
Category
1870s American Other Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
H 28.5 in W 42.25 in D 1 in
An Unusual Pencil Drawing of “Canton”, a Three-Masted Whaling Ship-at This Point
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual pencil drawing of “Canton“ a three masted whaling ship by Harold Wyllie. New Bedford was
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Early 1900s English Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
H 16 in W 17 in D 0.1 in
19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes, mid 19th Century
Category
1850s American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Canvas
H 18.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
), son of whaling captain Charles Grant, born aboard a whaleship and harpooning his first whale at the
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Pine
19th Century Walnut and Satin Wood Box With Geometric Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
whaling voyage, a true piece of folk art. Interior painted with removable sectioned tray for jewelry or
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
Made by George Grant of Nantucket (1857-1942).
Grant, the son of whaling captain Charles Grant
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Pine, Paint
H 18.25 in W 34.25 in D 4 in
Late 18th Century Nantucket Brant Point Lighthouse Ledger Page
Located in Nantucket, MA
Point Light was so important because Nantucket at the time was the largest whaling port in the world
Category
Late 18th Century American American Colonial Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
19th Century American Rosewood Box With Fruit Wood Star Inlay, Fun Interior
Located in Stamford, CT
possibly made by a sailor on a whaling boat.
13.5 wide 10.5 deep 6.5 high
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Whaling
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood, Rosewood
H 6.5 in W 13.5 in D 10.5 in
Historic Ship Model from the DeCoppet Collection
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth Century ship model of an American Brig from the esteemed New Bedford Whaling Museum
Category
1920s European Antique Whaling
Materials
Wood
Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Argonaut. A whaling ship from Sag Harbor New York from 1814-1832. The detailed carving is amazing with
Category
Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Tortoise Shell
American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, Marked Macy, for Bark Sunbeam
Located in Nantucket, MA
Larboard Boat on the Whaling Bark Sunbeam (1856 - 1908), having an improved toggle head with acute barb
Category
1860s American Other Antique Whaling
Materials
Steel
H 2.5 in W 38.38 in D 0.75 in
19th Century Whaler Made Turned Ebony Stemmed Cup
Located in Stamford, CT
. Manila, Philippine Islands would have been a port of call on a long whaling voyage.
Likely made by the
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Ebony
Late 18th Century Sailing Marine Painting 'The Neptune' by Robert Willoughby
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
most desirable paintings depict whaling vessels and Arctic scenes.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Whaling
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
catering to the whaling trade (what other ships needed barrel making on par with a rope walk?) that retains
Category
1790s French Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Pine
Antique 1798 James Colnett A Voyage to the South Atlantic & Round Cape Hope Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Colnett for the purpose of exploring and documenting the commercial opportunities for whaling. The book
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Whaling
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 1 in W 10 in D 1 in
Early 18th Century Engraving of the Northern Whale Fishery, circa 1720
Located in Nantucket, MA
colored engraving illustrating the Dutch whaling fleet in a northern embayment with many boats lowered, a
Category
1720s Dutch Baroque Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
William Bodfish Oil Painting Titled "The Sister's Visit", Dated 1888
Located in New York, NY
created detailed illustrations of hunting, whaling and fishing adventures for such magazines as Harper's
Category
1880s Antique Whaling
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century Portrait of Naval Captain William Compton Bolton
Located in Nantucket, MA
success against the British whaling fleet. She was later trapped by the British in the neutral port of
Category
1830s American Federal Antique Whaling
Materials
Canvas
1825 Hand-Colored Aquatint Engraving by T. Sutherland "South Sea Whale Fishery"
By William John Huggins
Located in Morristown, NJ
Whale Fishery". Fine colored antique engraving depicting a whaling boat with several smaller boats
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Whaling
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paper
H 25.75 in W 30.75 in D 0.5 in
Breton Chores
Located in Missouri, MO
ship model at the Whaling Museum.
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Whaling
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Old Hand-colored Print of a Dugong, a Narwhal and a Right Whale
Located in Langweer, NL
are patches of roughened skin infested with barnacles. They were heavily hunted during the whaling era
Category
1840s Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
Coopered Barrel Advertising Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
cider. Merchants used them for storing hardware and dried goods of every kind. The whaling industry used
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Whaling
Materials
Brass
Whiteface Mt, Lake Placid NY
By William Bradford
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
that reflect his background of being raised in an area known for whaling and other marine activities
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Antique Whaling
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Long View”
By Louis H. Richardson
Located in Southampton, NY
New Bedford Whaling Museum, the New Bedford Art Museum, and the New Bedford Library.
Category
1910s Impressionist Antique Whaling
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nantucket Lightship Basket from the South Shoals Lightship, circa 1870s
Located in Nantucket, MA
there was once a rectangular paper label.
Thomas James was a retired whaling master who went on to
Category
1870s American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Cane, Wood
H 4.25 in W 10.13 in D 9.25 in
18th Century, Nantucket Origin, Coffin Family Stand-Up Blanket Chest
Located in York County, PA
name is practically synonymous with Nantucket itself. The Coffins were a whaling family who both
Category
18th Century American Antique Whaling
Materials
Hardwood
Seascape by George Herbert McCord (American, 1848-1909)
By George Herbert McCord
Located in New York, NY
industries, such as shipbuilding and whaling, to the same naturalistic tendencies that turned many of their
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Antique Whaling
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Whalers Shack on the Northern California Coast - Watercolor Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of a Whaling shack circa 1900 near Davenport, California attributed to Lillian
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Whaling
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
H 14 in W 18 in D 0.25 in
Fishing Camp on the Labrador Coast
By William Bradford
Located in New York, NY
. Fairhaven, across the mouth of the Acushnet River from the whaling center of New Bedford was described by a
Category
19th Century American Realist Antique Whaling
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, the aforementioned Spirit Canoe model at NMAI, and a full model set of a Makah whaling crew and canoe
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Whaling
Materials
Cedar
Gorgeous Museum-Quality Gorham Japonesque Yacht Trophy Bowl. 1884
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
part, from whaling. At the same time, he was active in the railways. A man comfortable with both
Category
1880s American Japonisme Antique Whaling
Materials
Sterling Silver
Whaling, Vintage Wall Chart
Located in St. Margarethen, AT
This vintage wall chart shows fishermen hunting a blue whale.
Condition: slight traces of use due to its age;
Dimensions: 65cm in height x 90cm in width / 25.5" in height 35.5" i...
Category
1890s Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
Sailor-Made Carved Hardwood Bowl with Bone Handles
Located in New Hope, PA
acquired at ports of call.
Provenance: Barbara Johnson, Whaling Collection, by descent in the family.
Category
Mid-19th Century South American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Two-Masted Schooner "Gipsy"- Ship Model
Located in Stonington, CT
Bedford Whaling Museum twenty years ago..
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique Whaling
Materials
Wood
Very Fine 19th C. Whalebone Crochet Needle with Fist.
Located in Woodbury, CT
many whaling voyages could last between 3 and 5 years or more and several weeks or even months would
Category
19th Century American Antique Whaling
Antique Builder's Half Hull Nautical Folk Art Ship Model
Located in Palm City, FL
to commemorate the launch of the whaling schooner Addie M. Chadwick in East Boston, MASS in 1864. The
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19th Century American Antique Whaling
Highly Carved Classical Mahogany Four Poster Bed, Massachusetts, circa 1820
Located in Providence, RI
Peace.
Deaccessioned from New Bedford Whaling Museum.
This bed is composed of heavy, dense mahogany
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Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Whaling
Materials
Mahogany
Neoclassical Mahogany Pedestal Base Secretary or Desk by Stephen Smith, Boston
By Stephen Smith
Located in Andover, MA
counting room furniture” and is a rare example of the Boston Empire style. This desk belonged to whaling
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Whaling
Materials
Ash, Baize, Mahogany, Poplar
H 46 in W 53.5 in D 27.25 in
19th Century Gouache Picture of a Barque
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
whaling boat at Paliser Bay and boarded the 'Ann Wilson' once again for the return journey home, thus
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Whaling
De Haven van Amsterdam
By Matthias de Sallieth
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, including images of the herring fishery and whaling in a total of 31 art plates ... with descriptions of
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Whaling
Materials
Engraving, Etching
A 19th Century Cabinet on Stand
Located in Hilversum, NL
career in whaling, privateering and merchant shipping he was asked to enter the service with the
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Whaling
Materials
Wood
Pair of Currier and Ives Trotting or Harness Racing Lithographs by Thomas Worth
By Currier & Ives
Located in Heathfield, GB
represented every phase of American life, and included the themes of hunting, fishing, whaling, city life
Category
1870s Antique Whaling
Materials
Ink
Seascape with Sailboats by George Herbert McCord (American, 1848-1909)
By George Herbert McCord
Located in New York, NY
maritime industries, such as shipbuilding and whaling, to the same naturalistic tendencies that turned many
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Antique Whaling
Materials
Oil
Pair of American Whaling Woolies
Located in Nantucket, MA
Extremely rare and important pair of woolwork pictures depicting American whale ships.
The first picture depicts a brown-hulled whale ship with false gunports. The port view
depict...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Wool
Three Delft 'Greenland Whaling' Series Plates
By De Porceleyne Bijl
Located in Greenwich, CT
Three Dutch delft blue and white plates from the 'Greenland Whaling' series, De Porceleyne Bijl
Category
18th Century and Earlier Dutch Antique Whaling
19th Century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Whaling Panorama, circa 1890, an oil on canvas view of whaling in the South Seas, with
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Canvas
Early American Whaling Folk Art Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Excellent Folk Art appeal.
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Whaling
18th Century Portrait of a Whaling Captain
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th Century Portrait of a Whaling Captain, an oil on wooden panel half length portrait of a
Category
Late 18th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Wood
Miniature Whaling Decorated Sea Chest, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Miniature Whaling Decorated Sea Chest, circa 1920s, the top painted with the tail flukes of
Category
1920s American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Hardwood
Large 19th Century Quadruple Gimballed Whaling Oil Light
Located in Haarlem, NL
Impressive and unique in its size this large rare oil whaling ship lamp.
It is heavy because it is
Category
19th Century British Antique Whaling
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
Category
1880s American Other Antique Whaling
Materials
Other
Turn of the Century Folk Art Whaling Scene Hooked Rug
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Turn of the Century Folk Art whaling scene hooked rug, late 19th or early 20th century, a
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Wool
Tin Biscuit Box with Hand Painted Whaling Scene, circa 1920s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Tin Biscuit Box, circa 1920s, with a wonderful folk art hand-painted whaling scene on the
Category
1920s American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Tin
American Carved and Painted Nautical Sculpture Trade Sign for Whaling Store.
Located in Hollywood, SC
a raised plinth holding a whaling iron, rope, and was used as a trade sign for a supply shop. Signed
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Whaling
Materials
Iron
H 34 in W 11 in D 15 in
19th Century Whaleman's Letter Delivered on Whaling Grounds in the Indian Ocean
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century Whaleman's Letter Delivered on Whaling Grounds, addressed to Captain Charles H
Category
1870s American Federal Antique Whaling
Materials
Paper
H 18 in W 13.25 in D 0.5 in
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