The Whale Fishery, "Laying On"
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813–1888). The Whale Fishery, "Laying On", 1852. Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper, sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 1/8 in. (25.5 x 35.8 cm) image: 8 1/4 x 12 13/16 in. (21 x 32.5 cm) a1-1991.285.19: 14 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (36.2 × 29.2 cm) a2-1991.285.19: 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (19.7 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Elbaum in honor of Daniel Brown, art critic, 1991.285.19. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
The Whale Fishery, "Laying On"
Date
1852
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 1/8 in. (25.5 x 35.8 cm) image: 8 1/4 x 12 13/16 in. (21 x 32.5 cm) a1-1991.285.19: 14 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (36.2 × 29.2 cm) a2-1991.285.19: 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (19.7 × 14 cm)
Signatures
Signed, below plate, lower left, printed: "LITH & PUB. BY N. CURRIER,".
Inscriptions
Inscribed, below plate, lower left, printed: "LITH & PUB. BY N. CURRIER,"; below plate, lower center, printed: "THE WHALE FISHERY 'LAYING ON'". / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office of the District-Court of the Southern District of N. Y."; beow plate, lower right, pritned: "152 NASSAU STREET N.Y.".
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Harry Elbaum in honor of Daniel Brown, art critic
Accession Number
1991.285.19
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