AMBROISE L. GARNERAY (1783-1857), WHALING PRINT
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Description
Peche de la Baleine Whale-Fisery
Colored aquatint
Ambroise L. Garneray (French, 1783-1857), with gallery label from The Old Print Shop, Lexington Ave, New York on verso
h. 21-1/4 w. 31 in.
overall: 26-3/4 x 36-1/4 in. (frame)
Provenance: Descended through a Bedford, NY family
Considered one of the best whaling prints. The print is noted in Herman Melville's book "Moby Dick." "But, taken for all in all, by far the finest, though in some details not the most correct, presentations of whales and whaling scenes to be anywhere found, are two large French engravings, well executed, and taken from paintings by one Garnery. Respectively, they represent attacks on the Sperm and Right Whale. . . Who Garnery [sic] the painter is, or was, I know not. But my life for it he was either practically conversant with his subject, or else marvelously tutored by some experienced whaleman."
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Condition
Some flaking to the left and upper portions of the print
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AMBROISE L. GARNERAY (1783-1857), WHALING PRINT
Estimate $500 - $700
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