"Whaleboat thrown into the air by a whale" [English translation]

engraving

PRINTS - ENGRAVINGS
Sainson
France, Tours
Circa 1840
4.88 x 6.13 x 0

Wood engraving, circa 1840; scene of whale overturning whale boat; crew and contents of boat in the air; upright whale boat at left; stern view of whaleship at center; caption reads "I. Canot jete en l'air par une Baleine - Page 32" [translation: whaleboat thrown into the air by a whale]; printed at lower left "SAINSON"; printed at lower right "PIBARAUD/ BAROUSTE DUN". Printed on reverse of frame "From 'Voyages au Pole Nord'/ Published in France at Tours/ The latest voyage described/ left France in 1836". From collection of items associated with Ernest Gates and the Jibboom Club, New London CT.

UNIDENTIFIED whaleboat; UNIDENTIFIED whaling ship
1996.130.14