Description

Uncolored lithograph depicting, at right, a sperm whale capsizing a whaleboat with a sail and splitting it apart; one sailor is floundering in the water, one is about to fall in, and two others cling to the spars of the whaleboat. The whale has been harpooned on its snout. At left, in the background, is a three-masted whaling ship. Title and publisher information, including the address "125 Nassau St. New York", are printed in lower margin.