Shooting the harpoon (1 o 3)
Shooting the harpoon (1 o 3)
Once whalers had sighted a whale they would hurl a harpoon attached to a rope, as shown in this 1814 aquatint etching by John Hewside Clark.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0005
Etching with aquatint, hand coloured by John Hewside Clark
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
