拍品 196
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Edwin Blackburn (British, 20th Century)
Edwin Blackburn (British, 20th Century)

Whalers near Cape Charles, Labrador

細節
Edwin Blackburn (British, 20th Century)
Whalers near Cape Charles, Labrador
signed 'EDWIN BLACKBURN' (lower right)
pastel on paper
21½ x 29½ in. (54.6 x 75 cm.)

拍品專文

This painting depicts two American whaling barks moored off a whaling station near Cape Charles during the summer of 1873. Having sailed up from the port of New Bedford, next they will head north to the Artic ice fields.