New London whaling ship capturing a whale by Thomas Petersen

mural

PAINTINGS - OIL
Petersen, Thomas Ferrier
Arctic Ocean
1924
overall: 114 3/8 x 114 5/8 x 0 in.

Mural of whaleship, "CONNECTICUT NEW LONDON" discernable across stern, capturing a whale; ship CONNECTICUT launched 1822, Norwich, CT; condemned and sold, Honolulu, 1849; mural painted 1924 by Thomas Ferrier Petersen, born Norway ,1881; d. 1926, Norwich, Conn.

UNIDENTIFIED whaling brig
1939.1547