Print Description
This print was prepared to be used as an optical print. It originally carried the captions ‘The Greenland or Whale Fishery. La Pecherie de Greenland, ou de la Baleine.’ This nicely engraved plate shows various artic hunting activities on whales, icebear, walrus etc. set in an arctic, polar seascape with multiple English ships near Spitzbergen.
Made by Elisha Kirkall after Thomas Baston.
Medium: Etching and engraving with hand colouring. on hand laid (verge type) paper.
Sheet size: 40 x 28.3 cm (15.75 x 11.14 inch). Image size: 38 x 25.7 cm. (14.96 x 10.12 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Prepared as an optical print, with captions removed at bottom. Margins coloured black and sheet attached to thicker carrier sheet. Carrier sheet with some soiling and damp staining, not effecting the image paper or front. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WHALE-WHALING-GREENLAND FISHERY-ARCTIC-POLAR | PCO-EXPO-97
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Elisha Kirkall (c.1682-1742) was a reknown English engraver from Sheffield, active in London, noted for many experiments in printmaking techniques. Some doubt the authorship of this print as the printmaking technique is no typical for Kirkall.
Biography artist: Publisher: possibly Jacques Gabriel Huquier fils (1725-1805) was a French painter, designer, engraver and merchant, son of Gabriel.
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