A view of the whale fishery – Historic Photo Reproduction
![A view of the whale fishery, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/72/728f22624f77-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: A view of the whale fishery, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A view of the whale fishery
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Set in the icy waters off Greenland, this etching with engraving shows the whale fishery at work, with boats and hunters pursuing whales across the northern seas. European fleets from Britain, the Netherlands and elsewhere worked these Arctic grounds from the 1600s onward, drawn by whale oil for lamps and whalebone for corsets and other goods. The record gives no date, so the print is best read as a general view of that northern industry rather than a record of a single voyage.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: View. Greenland. Etching with engraving. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 966 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113519 |
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