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Whaling off the coast of California

(American, 19th century)
after 1858
Medium/TechniqueBlack and colored chalk on prepared board
DimensionsImage: 46.4 x 70.5 cm (18 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 51.1 x 73.8 cm (20 1/8 x 29 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number53.2441
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsOn back of original frame: Ship "Joseph Grinell" (built in Fairhaven, Mass., 1858) Captain William W. Thomas. This picture was crayoned on board the ship by mate named Coleman.
Provenance1953, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1953)
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