Capturing a Sperm Whale
Catalog No.: 2001.100.7578
Artist/Maker: Page, William –Hulsart, Cornelius B. –Hill, John
Date Made: 1835
Object Name: CAPTURING A SPERM WHALE
Image, in color, of a sperm whale, facing right foreground, spouting (blood). A whaleboat is being broken over the whale’s back and tail, sending men flying into the water. A second whaleboat is beside the whale, to the left. The whale has two harpoons in its left side. A large ship is on the horizon, to right, with a second ship behind it. Title with text, below, with vignette (center) of a spouting sperm whale. “To Messrs. N. & W.W. Billings Merchants of New London, this Print is respectfully inscribed by Cornelius B. Hulsart who lost an arm on board their Ship superior while engaged in Whale Fishery in the Pacific Ocean.”