Page from the Whaling album
- Title:
- Page from the Whaling album
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
- Creator:
- Wilson, Leslie Hamilton
- Creation Date:
- 1911
- ID Number:
- 86.139.001.074
- File Name:
- 86.139.001.074.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- palladium print
- Subject:
- whaling industry
sailors - Measurement:
- 15.4 x 20 (Sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Looking down the side of a whaling ship from above head level, in the left half of the image is the deck, with several sailor amidst rope and chains. The chains stretch across the deck and hold a whale to the side of the ship, its fan tail Is visible, held up above the water that fills the right side of the image.
- Cite As:
- Leslie Hamilton Wilson (Scottish, 1883–1968), Page from the Whaling album, 1911. Palladium print, 6 1/16 x 7 7/8 in. (15.4 x 20 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Worswick, 86.139.001.074.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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