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Artist/Makerafter
William John Huggins
(British, 1781 - 1845)
Engraver
Thomas Sutherland
(British, 1785 - 1838)
Publisher
William John Huggins
(British, 1781 - 1845)
Datepublished January 1, 1825
MediumHand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
DimensionsComposition: 34.9 x 50.5 cm (13 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 46.4 x 66.7 cm (18 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.)
Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.141
Not on view
DescriptionA representation of the Ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Island of Bouro,- with their Boats & Crew, in the various process of Fishing, shewing the manner the Spermacelti/ Whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the Ship, & Boiling the Oil upon Deck./ This Plate is most respectfully Dedicated to Ph,, Skelton, And,, n Stirton, & Wm,, Nichols, Esqrs. Owners of the said Ships, by their most Obedient humble servant W.J. HUGGINS/ London.
Additional Details
Provenance
1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil on recto at upper left: 5oo [underlined] [in typeset:] 66
Inscribed in typeset on recto at lower left: [two lines:] PAINTED BY W.J. HUGGINS./ Marine Painter to his MAJESTY. [one line:] The Head of a large Whale in the Agonies of Death.
Inscribed in typeset on recto at lower center: late London, Published Jany. 1, 1825 by W.J. Huggins, Marine Painter; 105, Leadenhall Street. A Boat destroy'd by a Wounded Whale./ SOUTH SEA WHALE FISHERY./ A representation of the Ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Island of Bouro,- with their Boats & Crew, in the various process of Fishing, shewing the manner the Spermacelti/ Whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the Ship, & Boiling the Oil upon Deck./ This Plate is most respectfully Dedicated to Ph,, Skelton, And,, n Stirton, & Wm,, Nichols, Esqrs. Owners of the said Ships, by their most Obedient humble servant W.J. HUGGINS/ London. Published January 1. 1825. by W.J. Huggins. Marine Painter: No. 105. Leadenhall Street. (late from No. 36.)
Inscribed in typeset on recto at lower right: ENGRAVED BY T. SUTHERLAND.
Inscribed in typeset on recto at lower left: [two lines:] PAINTED BY W.J. HUGGINS./ Marine Painter to his MAJESTY. [one line:] The Head of a large Whale in the Agonies of Death.
Inscribed in typeset on recto at lower center: late London, Published Jany. 1, 1825 by W.J. Huggins, Marine Painter; 105, Leadenhall Street. A Boat destroy'd by a Wounded Whale./ SOUTH SEA WHALE FISHERY./ A representation of the Ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the Island of Bouro,- with their Boats & Crew, in the various process of Fishing, shewing the manner the Spermacelti/ Whales are caught, also the mode of cutting them into the Ship, & Boiling the Oil upon Deck./ This Plate is most respectfully Dedicated to Ph,, Skelton, And,, n Stirton, & Wm,, Nichols, Esqrs. Owners of the said Ships, by their most Obedient humble servant W.J. HUGGINS/ London. Published January 1. 1825. by W.J. Huggins. Marine Painter: No. 105. Leadenhall Street. (late from No. 36.)
Inscribed in typeset on recto at lower right: ENGRAVED BY T. SUTHERLAND.
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