Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Delphinus Deductor. Length 20 Feet. Fig. 1. Balaena Rostrata. Fig. 2.
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Accession number:
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02260
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Record number:
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02260-4
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JCB call number:
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D820 S523a
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Image title:
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Delphinus Deductor. Length 20 Feet. Fig. 1. Balaena Rostrata. Fig. 2.
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Creator 1:
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James Watson
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Creator 1 role:
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From Drawing by the late
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Creator 2:
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W. & D. Lizars
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Creator 2 role:
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sculpt.
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Place image published:
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Edinburgh
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Image publisher:
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Constable & Co.
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Image date:
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1820
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Image function:
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Plate XIII [sic] [14]; vol. 2, end of book
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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8.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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13 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Side views of a Delphinus deductor or long-finned pilot whale and the Balaena rostrata or, probably, minke whale.
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Source creator:
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Scoresby, William, 1789-1857
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Source Title:
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An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. ... Vol. II.
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Source place of publication:
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Edinburgh
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh: and Hurst, Robinson and Co. Cheapside, London.
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Source date:
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1820
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notes:
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This long-finned pilot whale, probably Globicephala melaena, lives in the North Atlantic Ocean, but can be found as far south as South Carolina. The minke is probably Balaenoptera acutorostrata; its range is the entire northern hemisphere.William Scoresby, born in Yorkshire of a father who made his fortune in whaling, became an Arctic explorer and, later, a clergyman. His observations of natural phenomena contributed to the understanding of Arctic conditions. He also mapped and charted the east coast of Greenland on his voyage there in 1823.This book is acknowledged to be an important source for Herman Melville's Moby Dick.One of the engravers is probably William Home Lizars, Scottish painter and engraver (1788-1859).Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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References:
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Thorp, W. "Review of The Trying-Out of Moby-Dick by Howard P. Vincent," American Literature, vol. 22, no. 3. (Nov. 1950), p. 355-356
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Arctic
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Globicephala melaena
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Subject headings:
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Minke whale
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Subject headings:
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Whales
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