Art Institute of Chicago
Seamen on the Whale Fishery Killing a Polar Bear (recto); Shell (verso)
Recto attributed to Samuel Howett (English, c. 1765-1822)
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, over graphite (recto), and print (verso), on ivory wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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