View of the Whale Fishery, &c. in Greenland.Engraved for Millar's New, Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Thornton sculp.
[London: A. Hogg, c.1782.]
Copper engraving, 285 x 175mm. 11¼ x 7".
Whales being harpooned by whaling parties form small boats launched from larger ships, in Arctic waters; polar bears on ice flows in foreground, and a walrus being shot. In distinctive decorative border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 16690] £130.00
[London: A. Hogg, c.1782.]
Copper engraving, 285 x 175mm. 11¼ x 7".
Whales being harpooned by whaling parties form small boats launched from larger ships, in Arctic waters; polar bears on ice flows in foreground, and a walrus being shot. In distinctive decorative border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 16690] £130.00