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Whale Fishing, Davis Strait
about 1830
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.1 x 37.8 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.450
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1143 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- landscapes. Whaleboat with six men and pennant of Daniel Draper and Sons beside ice floe in foreground. Three other small boats, three-master and iceberg in distance. East shore of Davis Strait right.
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1960)