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Abbildung des Jenigen fisches welcher unfern der Stadt Hamburg...

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)

AN253324001

© The Trustees of the British Museum

Department: Prints & Drawings

Registration number: 1876,0510.613

Location:
Broadsides German 1659 Imp

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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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