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Pêche au cachalot sur les côtes du Méxique

Description: Image of French and American whalers harpooning a whale off the coast of Mexico; men cling to capsized boats around the harpooned whale; large ships in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1837-1866
Call number: priTEC 0051
Creator: Congdon, Theodore G(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 2006.; Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 2008.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Congdon, Theodore G., (1820-1895.); Congdon, Eleanor S., (1720-1804.); Alder, Frederick T. (1823-1892.); Ballou, Maturin M. (1853-1933.); Bolles, Charles E. (1817-1894.); Boydell, John, (1782-1849.); Bradford, William, (1853-1894.); Bunnell, Charles Beecher. (1797-1845.); Burns, Milton J., (1748-1815.); Burton, James. (1804-1882.); Buttersworth, James Edward, (active 1855.); Couché, François-Louis, (1758-1835.); Cross, Roy. (1783-1857.); Davidson, Julian Oliver, (1855-1919.); Day, William, (1881-1959.); Dodd, Robert, (1818-1910.); Duncan, Edward, (1806-1885.); Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth, (1793-1878.); Fittler, James, (1781-1845.); Foster, Wm. (active 1825-1857.); Garneray, Louis, (active 1717-1740.); Gaul, Gilbert William, (active 1850-1885.); Gilbert, Pierre-Julien. (1804-1865.); Gleason, J. Duncan (1818-1866.); Haden, Francis Seymour, (1745-1785.); Haghe, Louis, (1831-1898.); Hathaway, William, (1775-1848.); Havell, Robert, (1717-1791.); Hinton, A. (1855-1951.); Huggins, William John, (1740?-1821.); Hughes, J. (1755-1838.); Hunt, Charles, (1884-1968.); Jackson, Willard B. (1913-2002.); Laan, Adolf van der, (1804-1885.); Lai, Sung, (1761-1817.); Lane, Fitz Henry, (1778-1874.); LeBreton, Louis, (1759-1825.); Lerpinière, Daniel, (1858-1943.); Loeffler, A. (1847-1922.); Margary, Harry. (1929-); Martens, Frederic. (approximately 1785-approximately 1825.); Mayer, A. (1809-); McFarlane, D. (active 1844-1852.); Mecray, John. (1819-1900.); Meulen, Sieuwert van der.; Nerney, Dan.; Newell, John Perry,; Orme, Edward,; Paterson, Robert F.; Paton, Richard,; Peabody, Henry G.; Pocock, Nicholas,; Pollard, Robert,; Rawle, S.; Rease, W. H.; Rosenfeld, Morris,; Rosenfeld, Stanley,; Russell, Benjamin,; Savage, Edward,; Schetky, John Christian,; Serres, John Thomas,; Short, Robert; Silva, Joseph de; Snell, George S.; Snell, Henry B.; Stebbins, N. L.; Stobart, John,; Sutherland, Thomas,; Taylor, Josiah; Taylor, Josiah; Toulza, J. Etne.; Traviès, Édouard,; Vernon, H. John.; Wade, William,; Wagner, F. H.; Wales, George Canning.; Wellstood, William,; Wilcox, L. A.
Associated organizations: Aaron Ashley, Inc.; Ackermann and Co.; American Sunday-School Union.; Arthur Ackermann Ltd.; Charles Schweinler Press.; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.; Day & Haghe.; Dusacq et cie.; Fournier (Firm); Fox-Graphics Editions, Ltd.; Frederick Warne (Firm); Goupil & Vibert.; Harper & Brothers.; Headley Brothers (Firm); Imprimerie Lemercier et cie.; Imprimerie royale (France); J.H. Bufford's Lith.; Judge Company.; Keystone View Company.; Leslie-Judge Company.; Litho-Craft of New England.; Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc.; Meriden Gravure Company.; Mill Pond Press.; Morris Rosenfeld & Sons.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.; Mystic Seaport Museum.; Nimrod Press.; Parker Gallery (London, England); Paul Gaj/Classic Graphics (Firm); Peabody Museum of Salem.; Samuel L. Lowe, Jr., Antiques.; Sign of the Gosden Head.; Smith, Elder, and Co.; Underwood & Underwood.; Wagner & M'Guigan.; Wellstood & Co.; West & Son.; Yachting Publishing Co.; Yankee Accent, Inc.
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