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Vanda Sanderiana (Whaling-Whaling Orchid)
By Paul Jones b.1921
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997) Flora Magnifica. London, 1976. Edition of 506. Lithographs. The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones are quite impressive with dramatic backgrounds and ...
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1970s Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Whaling off the Coast
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left. b. 1941, British Born in the East coastal town of Bridlington in Yorkshire, England, and largely self-taught, Michael Whitehand is one of...
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1990s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Wyland: 100 Whaling Walls" (2008) Limited Edition Collector's Fine Art Book
By Robert Wyland
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Whaling Walls" (2008) is a deluxe limited edition Collector's Fine Art hardcover book, numbering 344 pages
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

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 Animal Prints

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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
This highly detailed Miniature Room of a Retired Whaling Captain's Study in Nantucket is an
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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...
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Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Early Naturalistic Nautical Painting of a Whaling Ship and Crew at Sea
Located in Houston, TX
large whaling ship with two crews in smaller boats in the foreground. While no whales are visible in the
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1940s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large British Marine Oil Painting Old Whaling Ships on High Seas, signed canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Old Whaling Ships by Henry Woodward, British 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, framed
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Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Antique Whaling Print, Circa 1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whaling scene Copper-plate engraving Published C.1800 Unframed.
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Antique Early 1800s English Folk Art Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Whaling Print, Circa 1800
Original Antique Whaling Print, Circa 1800
No Reserve
H 9.75 in W 7.25 in D 0.07 in
Clare Leighton Wood Engraving, Design for Wedgewood Titled "Whaling"
By Clare Leighton
Located in Phoenix, AZ
/4" H. Frame: 17" H x 21" W. Titled: “Whaling.” This print is in excellent condition. Born in
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Mid-20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum
Located in valatie, NY
Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum by Stuart M
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
significant piece of Northwest Coast art and Seattle history that was previously owned by Joseph Edward “Daddy
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Cedar

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
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Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Fashion in blue, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Light blue fabric, classic fashion. Impression of Summer, Dance, whaling. :: Painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Otto Fenn 1956 Andy Warhol photograph
By Otto Fenn
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
whaling captain who once owned it. Since 1964 Mr. Fenn and Mr. Krug operated the 1964 Sag Harbor
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1950s Pop Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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
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Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antiquities

Materials

Tortoise Shell

On a Stormy Sea
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
The famed whaling ship, Essex, on a roiling and stormy sea. The Essex is arguably the most
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Becalmed
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
The whaling ship, Essex, in calm seas. On the reverse, the artist writes that—for wind-powered
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Becalmed
H 7.63 in W 14.63 in
The Essex Taking on Provisions
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
The whaling ship, Essex, taking on provisions from shore before setting sail once more. Small boats
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

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
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1880s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

"American Cup Race 1885"
By Frederick Tordoff
Located in Southampton, NY
College. Hull had a thriving school of marine art, and after visits to art galleries and the Hull Whaling
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1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

“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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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
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Antique 1790s French Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Pine

"Doorway" Ken Davies, Realist House Porch Architecture
Located in New York, NY
-time art teacher, living in Madison, Connecticut. He was also Dean of the Paier School of Art* in New
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1970s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Breton Chores
Located in Missouri, MO
ship model at the Whaling Museum.
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Breton Chores
Breton Chores
H 34 in W 25 in D 2 in
Boats on the Beach, Sag Harbor
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Street, steps away from The Grenning Gallery. A Long Island town famous for its whaling community in the
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Seascape by George Herbert McCord (American, 1848-1909)
By George Herbert McCord
Located in New York, NY
, James Fairman. McCord was active in numerous art clubs and institutions in New York, including the
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19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“Village Cottages”
By C. Hjalmar Amundsen
Located in Southampton, NY
village themed paintings that was on view at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum several years ago was
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

“Dockside Gloucester”
By C. Hjalmar Amundsen
Located in Southampton, NY
Died: 2001 - East Moriches, New York Known for: Impressionist whaling scenes, harbor views, ships
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fishing Camp on the Labrador Coast
By William Bradford
Located in New York, NY
(New Bedford Whaling Museum) to the New Bedford Art Exhibition organized by his fellow townsman, Albert
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19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Summer Seas
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Sheffield, MA
of the Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut, and Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, Massachusetts
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1940s Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer Seas
Summer Seas
H 32.5 in W 38.5 in D 2 in
18th Century, Nantucket Origin, Coffin Family Stand-Up Blanket Chest
Located in York County, PA
GENERATION, CIRCA 1780-90 Stand-up blanket chest over two drawers, exuberantly painted, in a Folk Art
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Antique 18th Century American Painted Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

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
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Pine, Paint

Moby Dick
By Frank Stella
Located in Seoul, SO
Meville's classic 1851 whaling novel. For an abstract artist, the Moby Dick series gets pretty close to
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Early 2000s Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Moby Dick
Moby Dick
H 63 in W 53.94 in
David Yarrow Photograph "The Biggest Catch" Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
the whaling industry. Then there are certain features on the island that if included in an image would
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series
By Frank Stella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two whaling ships meet out at sea, one named after an Indigenous American tribe and the other after
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1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

The Dogfather
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
Glasgow, Scotland in 1966, he is now an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer and Europe’s best
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Dogfather
The Dogfather
H 71 in W 105 in D 2 in
David Yarrow Photograph "The Dogfather" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
whaling island of Nantucket, is as good a bar as any we know in America from which to tell old stories
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

The Dogfather
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
Glasgow, Scotland in 1966, he is now an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer and Europe’s best
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Dogfather
The Dogfather
H 48 in W 71 in D 2 in
David Yarrow Photograph "The Brotherhood of Thieves" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
maritime leaning and my instincts were to go back to the island’s leading position in the whaling industry
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

David Yarrow Photograph "The Brotherhood of Thieves" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
maritime leaning and my instincts were to go back to the island’s leading position in the whaling industry
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

HMS Newcastle. In Sydney Harbor. December 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Royal Navy.
By Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
extensive trade in his paintings of clippers and whaling ships to the United States. Today many of his works
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

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
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Watercolor Still life Painting Vegetables Claus Hoien Greengrocer Kitchen Series
Located in Surfside, FL
emigrating to the United States at the age of thirteen, when he settled in Brooklyn, NY. He studied art at
Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood, Walnut

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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Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Ebony

Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
artisans. Known for his carvings of whales, scrimshaw, ship models, shadowboxes and folk art, he was
Category

Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane, Pine

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

Antique 1870s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane, Wood

2 1990s Robert Wyland Signed Lithograph Prints Orca Journey Sea Otters Seascape
By Robert Wyland
Located in Dayton, OH
canvas he painted his first public art titled, Whaling Wall. After garnering media attention for the
Category

1990s Prints

Materials

Paper

19th Century American Rosewood Box With Fruit Wood Star Inlay, Fun Interior
Located in Stamford, CT
made as a Valentine gift with the inside personalized by the receiver. A wonderful piece of folk art
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Antique Late 19th Century American Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass, Fruitwood, Rosewood

Martha' Vineyard Houses and Gardens, First Edition
By Polly Burroughs
Located in valatie, NY
wildflower meadow. Illustrated is the diversity of the island from a formal Edgartown whaling captain's house
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

20th Century Pair of Decorated Pillows by Dan Rupe
Located in Hudson, NY
Provincetown art community for many years and now has moved to Hudson New York and become a member of that
Category

Late 20th Century American Pillows and Throws

Materials

Fabric

Whaling
By Albert Hoffman
Located in New York, NY
Whaling
H 8 in W 35 in D 3 in
Whaling Ships at Delano Bay, Baffin Island
Located in Stonington, CT
Whaling Ships at Delano Bay, Baffin Island records a historical scene from the early 1800s, when
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

ROBERT WYLAND Original Acrylic Painting Signed Sea Life Dolphin Animal Art oil
By Robert Wyland
Located in Bloomington, MN
attempts to capture whales on canvas Wyland painted his first public art titled, "Whaling Wall." After
Category

Early 2000s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Yaacov Agam Original Color Silkscreen Large Signed Contemporary Modern Op Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Bloomington, MN
Art's Op Masters, Yaacov Agam. Yaacov Agam (1928- ): Born in Israel, Agam is the highest selling
Category

Late 20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

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