Object types
print (scope note | all objects)
broadside (scope note | all objects)
Title (object)
Abbildung des Jenigen fisches welcher unfern der Stadt Hamburg...
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
engraving (scope note | all objects)
Date
1659
Schools /Styles
German (scope note | all objects)
Description
A broadside on a female whale caught in the Elbe near Hamburg; with an engraving showing a whale on shore, in the background onlookers and boats; with engraved lettering A-B, inscription, and legend. (n.p.: 1653)
Dimensions
Height: 144 millimetres
Width: 292 millimetres
Curator's comments
Lit.: Ingrid Faust, 'Zoologische Einblattdrucke und Flugschriften vor 1800, Band IV: Wale, Sirenen, Elefanten', Stuttgart, 2002, cat.no. 585.
Subject
mammal (all objects)
Associated places
Named in inscription Hamburg (all objects)
Acquisition date
1876
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