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Publisher
Nathanial Currier
(American, 1813 - 1888)
Datepublished 1852
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/2 × 12 9/16 in. (21.6 × 31.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 14 1/8 in. (25.1 × 35.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.91
Not on view
DescriptionTwo whaling boats attacking a whale; another ship and mountains sit of in the background.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1988
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.).
1963
Utica, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery. January 13 - February 10, 1963.
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.).
1963
Utica, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery. January 13 - February 10, 1963.
Provenance
1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Markings
None noted.
Published References
Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 6626
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
"THE WHALE FISHERY 'LAYING ON'." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER." at lower left in typeset in black ink; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by N. Currier in the Clerk's Office of the District-Court of the Southern District of N.Y." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "152 NASSAU STREET NY" at lower right in typeset in black ink; "55" at lower left in pencil; "OPS-C" on verso at lower left in pencil; "64" on verso at lower right in pencil.
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Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
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Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Object number: 1959.50
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.8
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Date: published 1870
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Object number: 1959.35
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Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.30
Nathanial Currier
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.32
Nathanial Currier
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Object number: 1959.45
Nathanial Currier
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Object number: 1949.10
Nathanial Currier
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1949.7