Elisha Kirkall

The Greenland or Whale Fishery (La Pecherie de Greenland, ou de la Baleine)

Maker

Elisha Kirkall (English, ca. 1682-1742), designer
Thomas Baston (British, fl. 1721), associated artist/maker
Bowles &amp

Title

The Greenland or Whale Fishery (La Pecherie de Greenland, ou de la Baleine)

Year

1700s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

hand coloring

Supports

Dimensions

27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:numbered in blue pencil in LR corner:45 -In Plate--Numbered in UR:10 inscribed in LL:Tho Baston pinx..†/20; titled in LC:THE GREENLAND or WHALE FISHERY.LA PECHERIE de GREENLAND, ou de la BALEINE./Printed for BOWES and CARVER, No. 69. St. Pauls Church Yard London

Marks: Watermark:I TAYLORStamped in brown ink on verso: R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.212

Type

Image use

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Tombstone

Elisha Kirkall (English, ca. 1682-1742), designer
Thomas Baston (British, fl. 1721), associated artist/maker
Bowles & Carver, printer
The Greenland or Whale Fishery (La Pecherie de Greenland, ou de la Baleine), 1700s
etching; hand coloring
27.3 x 39.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 44.212

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