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Tag Archives: whaling

The survivors of Navarch in Brower’s party rescued by Thrasher

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

The survivors of NAVARCH in Brower’s party rescued by THRASHER, August 22, 1879. One of 12 aquarelles portraying the dangerous occupation of Yankee whaling ships and sailors in their incursion into the most northern reaches of the Pacific, from the … See more…

Posted in American Whalers in the Western Artic, Prints & Lithos | Tagged 1879, age of steam, aquarelles, pacific, whaling, yankee

Steam barkentine Newport

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

One of 12 aquarelles portraying the dangerous occupation of Yankee whaling ships and sailors in their incursion into the most northern reaches of the Pacific, from the sailing period into the age of steam. Produced for portfolio inclusion with the … See more…

Posted in American Whalers in the Western Artic, Prints & Lithos | Tagged age of steam, Aquarelle, artic, pacific, whaling

Whaleboat from the Brig Daisy

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on December 24, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

The three individual panels (of which this is the second) of the Whaling Triptych were composed to form a single work, with forms, colors and story progressing from left to right. The three phases of the hunt are shown by … See more…

Posted in A Whaling Triptych, Prints & Lithos | Tagged hand-li, signed and numbered, the hunt, whaling

An Arctic Whaling Sketchbook

William Gilkerson, Maritime Arts Posted on November 16, 2012 by BillSeptember 16, 2020

An Arctic Whaling Sketchbook, Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., Fairhaven, 1983. Includes artist’s remarks regarding the studies prepared for American Whalers in the Western Arctic, plus reproductions of scores of drawings; 56 pages in 15″ x 12″ format, two-color, in an … See more…

Tagged arctic, sketchbook, whaling
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