‘The Greenland Whale’
Date
c.1895
Creator - Organisation
Frederick Warne & Company, Publisher
Object type
Library reference
51310
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 255mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Maritime scene showing a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) being attacked by killer whales (Orcinus orca).
Plate facing p.8 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.3 (Frederick Warne, London 1894-1895).
Not signed or inscribed by artist or printer. Title appears below the image: ‘THE GREENLAND WHALE’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
Plate facing p.8 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.3 (Frederick Warne, London 1894-1895).
Not signed or inscribed by artist or printer. Title appears below the image: ‘THE GREENLAND WHALE’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
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