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From July first to October first 1919), PEABODY MUSEUM Salem Massachusetts Open week days from 9 to 5 o’clock On Sundays from 2 to 5 PRE E) TO ALL 400 copies printed from the Cot. GEORGE PEABODY FUND 1919 t ERRED FUR ‘CAL SIF Sat SALEM : NEWCOMB & GAUSS, PRINTERS 1919 INIdd NVOINANY NV ‘tl "ON eesi NI IIWMVH 4O GNV1SI SH1 450 .. SIVHM WH3dS 4O IVOHS V ‘ WHALING PRINTS AND PAINTINGS This special exhibition of prints, and oil and water color paintings, is made possible through the kindness of Allan Forbes, Esq., of Boston, from whose extensive collection these are selections. Every picture in the col- lection, with the exception of five paintings by Benjamin Russell, shows a whaling scene, a whale, or part of a whale, and many of these prints are exceedingly rare. The interest in this subject has greatly increased of late, as well as the number of collectors of whaling pictures, and this exhibition will therefore give an opportunity to the specialist and the general public to see one of the best collections extant. The collection is arranged according to the countries from which the pictures originally came, although the larger ones in some instances are placed outside of the case in which the rest of their group are hung. There are American, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Japanese pictures, and, showing the strong hold that the Biblical story has always retained on the imagination, there are also shown ten pictures relating to “Jonah and the Whale.” The earliest prints date back to the sixteenth century, the majority, however, belong to the eighteenth or early and middle nineteenth centuries. The measurements are of the printed or painted surfaces, the borders and inscriptions being excluded, and are indicated by inches, figured to the nearest half-inch. Whaling goes back at least to the time of King Alfred, and at a time when the first knowledge of the products of whales came from animals that had become accidentally stranded. The Norwegians were expert whal- ers more than a thousand years ago, the French and Spaniards taking up the industry before the sixteenth century, followed soon after by the Eng- lish. Few persons realize the extent to which many of our own communities were given over to whaling in the early days. The New England Journal of April 19, 1737, says of Provincetown, Massachusetts,—“There are now fitting out from this Place a dozen sail of vessels (and some of them burth- en’d a Hundred Tons) bound for Davis’ Straights on the Whaling Design and are just ready to sail. So many of our People are now bound on this Voyage, that there will not be left behind above a Dozen or Fourteen men in the Town.” Other instances also might be given to show the immense im- portance of the industry to the New England coast towns nearly two cen- 3 turies ago. The history of whaling at New Bedford, Nantucket and Fair- haven is too well known even to be mentioned here. American whaling reached a high mark before the War of the Revolu- tion, when the industry met with a severe check. Again it attained a high figure just before the Civil War, since which period it has never regained its former figures. The increasing scarcity of whales resulted in the build- ing of the steam whaler, and the manufacture of the harpoon gun in place of the hand harpoon, while the bomb-lance fired from the shoulder gun has replaced the hand lance of former times. Another change has also taken place; in the early days “sperm” and “right” whales were almost the only species sought, but later on all kinds of whales were pursued. With these changes a greater part of the romance of whaling ceased. It is with the old methods of whaling, with the hand harpoons and lances thrown from small boats sent out from the sailing ships, and with the exciting and heroic exploits of the old-time whalemen, that these pictures chiefly deal. On their long voyages the crews of the whalers had ample time to “scrim- shawe” sperm whale teeth, to carve out “jagging wheels” and to make “husks” for women’s stays; they often whiled away their time making log- book sketches of “gams,” or visits at sea, vessels sighted, and whales captured or lost, and these relics of the old whaling days are also prized by many collectors. No better ending of an introduction can be made than by quot- ing the lines from Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick, or the White Whale.” “Oh, the rare old Whale, ’mid storm and gale, In his ocean home will be A giant in might, where might is right, And King of the boundless sea.” AMERICAN 1 Ship “Govr. Troup”, Capt. Edw. R. Ashley. “Bound in from Sea”. An original water color by Benjamin Russell, 1867. 27x18. Benjamin Russell of New Bedford was the best known sketcher and painter of whaling scenes and whaling vessels of his time. 2 Bark “President”, Capt. Benj. Gifford. “Sperm Whaling”. Original water color by Benjamin Russell, 1867. 27x15. 3 Bark “Andrew Hicks” of Fairhaven, Capt. Otis Hamblen. “At Sea”. Original water color by Benjamin Russell. 30x18. Altered to a merchant-man and lost at sea in December, 1918. 4. Bark “Arab”, Capt. F. P. Cole. “Bound to Sea”. Original water color by Benjamin Russell. 294x18. See No. 8. CAPTURING A “ SPOUTER” OFF ZANZIBAR NO. 34. A FRENCH ENGRAVING a... ae ce Bh ieee “Sos ~ * SUB-GOVERNOUR ofthe SOU7HSEAC Meco fPeenlndlS Phcr) WHALE OR GREENLAND FISHERY NO. 50. AN ENGLISH PRINT 5 10 AE 12 13 Bark “Kathleen” sinking after being hit by a whale in 1902. Oil paint- ing by E. N. Russell, 1902. 2514x16. The three flags at mastheads are signals for the three whaleboais (at left of painting) to return, but each had a whale and returned too late to find their ship. Capt. Jenkins and his wife and the crew took to the boats and were all saved after enduring much hardship. Mrs. Jenkins’ parrot, it is said, swore that he would be darned if he’d ever go to sea again. This unusual accident happened also to the “Essex” and the “Ann Alexander”. “Ocean Scenes’. Original water color by Benjamin Russell, 1871. 24x1214. “The Voyage Nearly Ended”. Scene, between Gay Head and No-Man’s Land. Original water color by Benjamin Russell. 21x1214. “A Ship on the North West Coast Cutting-in her last right whale”. De- signed by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford. Lith. by A. Mayer. Printed by Lemercier, Paris”. Colored. 2614x17. The vessel is supposed to be the “Arab” (No. 4). The head of a whale with the whalebone is being hauled on board. Whalemen often amus- ingly said that as whalebone was used for women’s stays, many a har- pooner lost his life in trying to improve the human figure. “Capturing a Sperm Whale”. To Messrs. N. & W. Billings, Merchants of New London, this print is respectfully inscribed by Cornelius B. Hulsart who lost an arm on board the ship “Superior” while engaged in the whale fishery in the Pacific ocean. Published by Cornelius B. Hulsart and for sale at the office of the Seamans Friend Society, 82 Nassau St., New York. Painted by William Page from a sketch by C. _ B. Hulsart; engraved, printed and colored by J. Hill. 2414x1614. A very rare print. “The Whale Fishery. Laying On”. Published by N. Currier, 1852. Lithograph, colored. 1214x814. “The Whale Fishery. In a Flurry”. Published by N. Currier, New York. Lithograph, colored. 1214x814. See Nos. 134, 135. “Capturing the Whale”. Published by N. Currier, New York. Litho- graph, colored. 1214x9. Nos. 10, 11, 12 are a set. “Harpooning the Whale”. Lith. of D. W. Kellogg & Co., 110 Main St., Hartford, Conn. Colored. 12x91/. 5 14 16 17 18 19 20 “A shoal of sperm whale off the island of Hawaii”, in which the ships “Enterprise”, “Wm. Roach”, “Pocahontas” and “Houqua” were engaged 10 Dec", 1833. To the merchants captains and officers and crews engaged in the whale fishing; this print is respectfully in- scribed by Cornelius B. Hulsart, who lost an arm on board the whale ship “Superior” of New London and was on board of the “Enter- prise” at the time. Painted by T. Birch of Philadelphia from a sketch by C. B. Hulsart. Engraved, printed and colored by J. Hill. Pub- lished by C. B. Hulsart, 1838. 24x1614. A very rare print. See frontispiece. The picture shows the famous Roach (Rotch) fleet,—‘“Enterprise”, “Wm. Roach”, “Pocahontas” and “Houqua” engaged in whaling. William Rotch, the owner of these vessels, was Nantucket’s greatest whaling merchant, later moving to New Bed- ford. The old Rotch counting house was afterward used as a club house for Nantucket whaling captains and is still used as the Pacific Club. In the old whaling days this Club was called, jocosely, the House of Com- mons, While another Club, used by the ship owners, was named the House of Lords. Honolulu owed its rapid rise partially to the frequent visits of the whalers. “Collision between a steamer and a whale”. Woodcut from a periodical. The Netherland steamer “Waesland”’, 3,500 tons, bound from Antwerp to New York. No date. 9x6. “On the Banks of Newfoundland”. A school of whales crossing the wake of an Atlantic steamer during a fog. From a sketch by Joseph Becker, H. Baker Sc. Woodcut from a periodical. No date. 14x91. “Klima Kala”. Engraved Hawaiian bank note for five dollars with vignette, showing the harpooning of a whale. Boston Bank Note Co., 39 State St. No date. 7x3. Bank note of the Mechanics Bank of New Bedford for one dollar, Janu- ary 1, 1858. Engraving showing the harpooning and cutting-in of whales. Toppan, Carpenter & Co., New York and Philadelphia. 7x3. An engraving showing the attacking of a whale near an iceberg. No inscription. 614x5, “Spermo Cutting in Whales on Japan”. The bark “Spermo” was owned by Alexander Starbuck, Josiah Bradlee and others. Oil painting by J. Fisher. 24x18. Presented to the owner by Mr. F. B. C. Bradlee. 6 21 22 23 24. 25 26 a0 28 29 30 ol “Sperm Whaling No. 1. The Chase”. Lith. of Endicott & Co., New York, from drawings by A. Van Best & R. S. Gifford, corrected by Benj. Russell, Esq., 1859. Colored. 261x177. “Sperm Whaling No. 2. The Conflict”. Prang & Mayer’s Lith., Boston. Published by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford. J. Cole, 1859, pinx. Colored. 2814x18. “Sperm Whaling No. 2. The Capture”. Lith. of Endicott & Co., New York from drawings by A. Van Best & R. S. Gifford, corrected by Benj. Russell, Esq., 1862. 26x1614. “The Chase” and “The Capture” were printed as a set and, later, “The Conflict” was sold with “The Chase” as a set. The three really make a complete set. See No. 66. FRENCH “Péche de la Baleine Harponnemont”. Couchi scul. Widerkebs del. Plate from France Pittoresque. Engraving. 614x4. “Te Physale Cylindrique”. Edward Trapies del. Beyer Sc. Engraving, colored. 8x4. “La Baleine Franche”. Edward Travies del. Beyer & Manceau Sc. En- graving, colored. 7x4. “Indiens Kodiaks Chassant la Baleine, Amérique Russe”. Voyage de M. D. de Mofras. Imp. par Bougeard. C. H. Ransonette Sc. Plate from L’Artiste. Engraving. 6x41. Plate showing whale attacked by a boat from a ship and barnacles on rocks, in foreground,—numbered, 1. Baleine, 2, 3, 4 5, Balanes. P. de Sainson del. Pfitzer Sc. Engraving, colored. 9x51. “Péche au Cachalot sur les cétes du Méxique”. Lith. by L. Le Breton (name obscure). Paris, No. 6. Colored. 24x1444. “Péche de la Baleine—Whale Fishing”. Callow del. Himely sculp. Lithograph, colored. 1014x7. “Baleinier Américain amenant ses embarcations pour donner la chase 4 une Baleine”. Lith. de Turgis; r. Serpente 10, 4 Paris. Dessiné et lith. par L. LeBreton. Paris, Turgis editeur rue Serpente 10 et New York, Leonard St. 99. Colored. 1514x1014. Similar to No. 177. 32 33 34 30 36 37 38 3 4 1 4 Ne) 0 1 fo) “La Baleine d’Ostende, visitée par l’Eléphant, la Giraffe, les Osages et les Chinois”. Déposé a la direction chez Valant Editeur, rue de Castiglione No. 6. Jacquemain, del. Lith de Langlume. Colored. 12x44. “Combat de Scies et de Baleines en vue de l’Ile Sainte Héléne”. Peint. par L. Garneray. Gravé par Jazet. Engraving. 31x22. “Péche du Souffleur dans le Canal de Zanzibar”. Engraving. 31x22. See illustration, Nos. 33, 34 are companion prints and very rare. French whaling is mentioned as early as 1261, the whale being used for food. “Péche de la Baleime—Whale Fishery”. Garneray pinx. Martens sculp. Engraving, colored. 32x22. “Péche du Cachalot—Cachalot Fishing”. Garneray pinx. Martens sculp”. Engraving, colored. 32x22. Nos. 35, 36 are a rare set of prints. ENGLISH “The North West or Davis Streights Whale Fishery”. Rob. Dodd delint. Fran. Ambrosi sculp. Engraving, colored. 131x8. “Greenland Fishery”. Published by act of Parliament and sold by J. Boydell engraver at the Unicorn ye corner of Queen St., Cheapside, London, 1754. Brooking pinx. Boydell sculp. Engraving, colored. 16x11. “Lancing the Whale”. London, published by G. & W. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane. J. D. Harding del. Printed by C. Hullmandel. Lithograph. 10x16. Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42 are one set. “A Whale Upsetting a Boat”. Lithograph. 9x6. Same set as No. 39. “A Boat Going on the Tail of a Fish”. Lithograph. 9x6. Same set as No. 39. “Striking a whale with third harpoon”. London, 1822. Lithograph. 9x51. Same set as No. 39. a ee A WHALE STRANDED ON THE DUTCH COAST IN 1762 NO. 77 JAPANESE VIEWING WHALES LYING IN SHINAGAWA BAY, TOKYO NO. 92 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Scenes in Greenland whale fishery, etc., with a map and inscriptions. Page 800 from some publication. Engraving. 1214x1114. “The Spermacaeti Whale brought to Greenland dock 1762”. Engraving, drawn to scale. 914x614. “View of the whale fishery and manner of killing bears near and on the coast of Greenland”. Engraved for Bankes’s new system of geog- raphy, published by the King’s Royal License. 1014x6. “Greenland Fishery”. J. Boydell after Brooking. Same as No. 38 but not colored. 16x8. “Close packed ice”. London, published by G. & W. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane. Lithograph. 5x31. “View of the whale fishery Etc. in Greenland”. Thornton sculp. En- graving with ornamental border. 614x10. “To James Weddell, Esq. R. N., the Officers and Seamen under his com- mand. This plate representing the brig ‘Jane’ and cutter ‘Beaufoy’ on 20th February, 1823, bearing up in 74° 15’ (being the highest southern latitude ever reached) is most respectfully dedicated by their very obedient and humble servant W. J. Huggins”. Engraved by E. Duncan. London, published by W. J. Huggins, October, 1826. Litho- graph, colored. 191x13. An Exploring voyage. Whales playing around the ships. “To the Honorable Sr. John Eyles Bart., Sub-Governor of the South Sea Company, this plate of the Whale or Greenland fishery is most humbly inscribed”. T. Baston F.; E. Kirkhall S. Engraving, colored. 15x10. See illustration. “To the Honorable the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company. This piece being a representation of the fishery of Great Britain in its three different branches, vizt. Cod, Herring, and Whale, is most hum- bly dedicated”. T. Baston del. E. Kirkhall sculp. Printed for T. Bowles in St. Paul’s Church Yard and John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. Engraving, colored. 141x8. The first reference to English whaling appears during the fourteenth century and by statutory law the whale was declared a “royal fish”, the King as Honorary Harpooner receiving the head, and the Queen the tail, of all whales killed along the English coast. 9 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 “The Whale diving to the bottom after he is struck with the Harpone Iron, & the Harponiers standing in readiness to wound him a fresh with Spears, when he rises again”. Printed for Bowles and Carver, map and print sellers No. 69 in St. Paul’s Church Yard, London. Engraving, colored. 10x6. “A Whale struck by the Harpone Iron diving among the Ice, the Har- ponier going to chop the Rope off, to prevent the long Boat being drawn under Water or split against the Ice”. Same publishers. 10x6. Companion to No. 52. “Sperm Whaling Scene off French Rock, New Zealand, eae Litho- graph, colored. 1314x8. Whaling scene from some publication. “Vol. I, m.p. 567, A (hill) ; B (stone); C (man); D (boat)”. Engraving. 914x61%. “A whale female and the windlass whereby the whales are brought on Shore”. Vol. I, p. 567. Engraving. 10x61. Companion to No. 55. “H. M. S. ‘Agamemnon’ laying the Atlantic cable in 1858. A whale crosses the line”. London, Day & Son Limited. Lith. R. M. Bryson, from a drawing by R. Dudley. Colored. 9x6. “A whale brought along-side a ship”. J. H. Clark del. Dubourg sculp. Published and sold March 1, 1813, by Edw. Orme, Bond St., London. Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Nos. 58-61 form a rare set. “Shooting the harpoon at a whale”. Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Companion to No. 58. “A ship’s boat attacking a whale”. February 1, 1813. Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Companion to No. 58. “Boats approaching a whale”. February 1, 1813. Lithograph, colored. 7x5. Companion to No. 58. “Whale hunting in Westmannshaven Bay” (Norway). “M. & N.” (Part of inscription cut off). Lithograph, colored. 111x8. 10 63 “Greenland whale fishery”. An old engraving. 5x’. Part of inscription obscure. 64 Scenes illustrating whaling and the uses of products; divided into ten parts. Published by Thomas Varty, Strand, London. Lithograph, colored. 1214x1014. 65 “View of Cape of Good Hope and a South Whaler”. §. Daniell del. T. Medland sculp. Published Nov. 30, 1804, by J. Gold, 103 Shoe Lane. Lithograph. 8x5. 66 “South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of boats attacking a sperm whale from descriptions given by experienced officers and masters in the South Sea Fishery”. Painted by W. J. Huggins, Marine painter to his majesty and published at 105 Leadenhall Street, London, 1834. Engraved by E. Duncan. Colored. 25x2014. An exceedingly rare print. “The Capture”, printed in New Bedford some years later was an exact copy of this print. See No. 23. Very recent reprints have been issued in England. 67 “South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of ships ‘Amelia Wilson’ and ‘Castor’ off the island of Bouro with their boats and crew in the various processes of fishing showing the manner the Spermaceti whales are caught and also the mode of cutting them into the ship and boiling the oil upon deck”. Painted by W. J. Huggins. Engraved by T. Sutherland, London, published by W. J. Huggins, Jan. 1, 1825. Engraving, colored. 20x14. A rare print. 68 “Northern Whale Fishery.