SCRIMSHAW ON FOSSIL WALRUS TEETH
WHALES AND WHALING
WHALES AND WHALING
SCR01(A) DOCK SCENE - Whaling ship docked at a building-lined wharf, nice and unusual.
SCR01(B) "MYSTIC WHALER" declares the banner to the left of this handsome whaling ship. Great piece.
SCR01(C) SERAPIS VS BON HOMME RICHARD - One of America's great naval victories against the British is depicted here, both ships firing their cannons. Quite nice.
SCR01(D) WHALING SHIP with smoke rolling up from the rendering operation. A sail-rigged long boat is headed towards it, separated by huge swells.
SCR14(A) POLAR BEAR crouched on an iceberg watching a ship sailing on the horizon.
SCR14(C) SAILING BOAT gaff and boom rigged with gulls circling overhead, only
SCR18(AA) KILLER WHALE leaping out of the water, columns of foam and water rise along side it.
SCR18(B) SHIP - Fine detailed scrimshaw, very nice.
SCR18(C) "NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE" - Fine detail on this boat full of whalers being pulled by a harpooned whale. Excellent piece.
SCR18(D) SPERM WHALES - Mother and calf diving, nice work.
SCR33 “CHARLES W. MORGAN” reads the banner under this handsome rendition of the most famous and only surviving whaling ship.
SCR34 A WHALER IN THE ARCTIC - The entire Artic whaling fleet was lost in Sept. 1871 when an early freeze up locked ’em in ice and crushed them all.
SCR35 “BREACHING CLOSE TO HOME” - The ship as well as the longboats were in danger of loss due to a enraged whale. “Moby Dick” was taken from a true event, the sinking of the Essex.
SCR36(A) DOCK SCENE Whaling ship and a smaller vessel at rest, a man is fishing off the pier.
SCR100 HUMPBACK WHALE is floating near the top of a coastal range rimmed lagoon.
SCR101 LEAPING KILLER WHALE, fabulous detailed scrimshaw.
SCR102 SPERM WHALE diving with bubbles trailing from its spout.
SCR103 WHALING DISASTER - Breaching sperm whale stoving a long boat, sending wood and whalers flying into the air.
SCR104 HUMPBACK AND WHALERS - Breaching humpback whale, with a long boat full of whalers awestruck in the foreground.
SCR105 BREACHING GRAY WHALE.
SCR106 BULL HUMPBACK WHALE breaching in full sight of a long boat full of whalers.
SCR107 SPERM WHALE locked in battle with a giant squid, color scrimshaw.
SCR153 HUMPBACK WHALE.
SCR155 PIRATE - A colorful character with a parrot on his shoulder.
SCR156 LOOKOUT scoping for whales, crossed harpoons and a rope border accent this piece.
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