Object types
print (scope note | all objects)
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
engraving (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Print made by Jacob Matham (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Published in Haarlem (all objects)
Date
1601
Schools /Styles
Netherlandish (scope note | all objects)
Description
The beached sperm whale on the shore near Beverwijk; the whale, the head to left and with a rope tied around its tail, is surrounded by diminuative figures and there is an encampment near the dunes; a dog stands on the back of the whale and a boy crawls into the gaping mouth, while two men measure the whale's member; in the foreground a food seller approaches a finely attired couple. 1601
Engraving
Inscriptions
Inscription Content: Lettered bl with a privilege and br "Maetham. fecit et / excud". With four columns of text, each two lines in Latin in the margin "Monstrum horrendum ... Theodorus Screvelius ANNO CIC.ICI.I". With three further columns of Dutch text, each four lines "Bÿ wÿck op .... betuÿghen".
Dimensions
Height: 310 millimetres
Width: 430 millimetres
Curator's comments
Lit.: Ingrid Faust, 'Zoologische Einblattdrucke und Flugschriften vor 1800, Band IV: Wale, Sirenen, Elefanten', Stuttgart, 2002, cat.no. 546.
Subject
mammal (all objects)
coastal scene (all objects)
Acquisition date
1846
Exhibition History
2007/8 Oct-Feb, BM P&D, Whales in Print
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