(WHALING) [Nathaniel Currier] South Sea Whale Fishery

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Sale 2706 - Lot 327

Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700

(WHALING.) [Nathaniel Currier]. South Sea Whale Fishery. Little-known hand-colored lithograph of the hardships faced by whale fishermen, the image loosely borrowed (in reverse) from James S. Baillie's 1836 print, which is itself an interpretation of an original 1825 work by William John Huggins. 10x14 inches sheet size, wide margins; large stain, small tears. New York (33 Spruce Street), circa 1840s?

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