Whale Collection (page 2)

Cetaceans
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, short-beaked dolphin, Delphinus delphis, extinct Stellers sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus

North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis. Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Long-finned pilot whale and Rissos dolphin
Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas, and Rissos dolphin, Grampus griseus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Southern right whale dolphin and pantropical spotted dolphin
Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii, and pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon

Sowerbys beaked whale, beluga whale
Sowerbys beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens, beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, and South Asian river dolphin, Platanista gangetica (endangered)

Narwhal, goose-beaked whale and northern bottlenose whale
Narwhal, Monodon monoceros, goose-beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris, and northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus

Sperm whale, trump whale or cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus (vulnerable). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de

North Atlantic right whale and fin whale, endangered species
North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis (endangered) and blue whale or fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (endangered)

Whalers hunting a bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus. Above and below the vignette are examples of the whales diet of shellfish, plankton and shrimp

Whalers hunting a whale
Whalers hunting a North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, endangered 1, and barnacles 2-5. Baleine, Balenes.Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles

West Indian treefern, Japanese sago palm and whale louse
Whale louse, Cyamus ovalis 1, West Indian treefern, Cyathea arborea 2, and Japanese sago palm, Cycas revoluta 3-5. Cyame, Cyathee, Cycas

Inuit (Eskimo) men hunting whales and seals
Inuit (Eskimo) men in fishing boats hunting whales with harpoons at sea, and others on the ice hunting seals and fish with spears

Sperm whale and narwhal
Sperm whale or cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus, vulnerable 1, and narwhal or narwhale, Monodon monoceros, near threatened 2

Bowhead whale, dolphin and porpoise
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus 1, short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis 2 and porpoise, Phocoena phocoena 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Harbour porpoise, beluga and northern bottlenose whale
Harbour porpoise, Phocaena phocaena 1, beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas 2, and northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus 3

Sperm or trump whale, Physeter macrocephalus 1, 2, vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802

Fin whale, bottlenose dolphin and bottle-nosed whale
Fin whale or rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus, endangered 1, bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus 2, and northern bottle-nosed whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus 3

Norfolk Island garden with whale bones, 1939
A feature of many gardens on Norfolk Island in the Pacific which recalls the time when whales were caught off the coast: a porch formed of whales jaw-bones over a garden gate. 1939

The Whale at the Westminster Aquarium - capture, transportation to London, attention en route, arrival and finally swimming in the Aquarium pond. Date: 1877

Looking down on North Berwick - Whale Bones atop hill
Looking down on North Berwick from North Berwick Law, Firth of Forth and Craigleith Island, East Lothian, Scotland - Whale Bones atop the hill. In the distance can be seen the lowlands of Fife

Puget Sound Indians, whale hunters, Washington State, USA. circa 1900s

Cape May sea creature, 1924
A 76 ft sea creature, believed at the time to be a cross between a whale and a sea cow, washed up on the American coast at Cape May, New Jersey Beach

de Havilland D. H. 104 Dove 8 G-ARJB
de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 8 G-ARJB Exporter (msn 04518), of JCB (J.C. Bamford Excavators), at Biggin Hill in 1960. Date: 1960

MYSTICETE WHALE Date: 1811

GRAMPUS WHALE Date: 1811

Whalers slice open their catch and find Jonah !! Date: circa 1910

CURRIER and IVES. Capturing the whale. Litography

Advert for London Shoe Company 1898
A selection of victorian boots, real whale skin for shooting, ladys field boot made from tan or blacking calf, button or lace, smart toe brogues

LFG Roland C II German reconnaissance biplane, usually known as the Walfisch (Whale), introduced in 1916. Seen here is a rear view of a late production model belonging to the Bavarian Fl Abt 292

Whale hunting vessel and factory by G. H. Davis
Floating whale factories: ships which reduce their prey to oil and by-products on the spot. A whale-hunting factory and its catcher vessels at work in the Antarctic

Steamer Orion - Pacific Whaling Company, Victoria, B. C
Steamer Orion - Pacific Whaling Company, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Date: circa 1910s

Early whale skull of Pakicetus inachus
52 million year old specimen of Pakicetus inachus, an early whale from the Eocene period, Chorlakki, Pakistan

Scene of whale rescue attempt, River Thames, in which a Northern Bottlenose Whale was lost

Sea and Ships Pavilion, Festival of Britain site, London
View of the Sea and Ships Pavilion, part of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London, with models of sterns of different types of vessel, to illustrate British skill in shipbuilding

Sea Serpents
Two explanations for the sighting of sea serpents: the first, a school of porpoises; the second, the tentacles of a giant squid

Whale meat menu and recipe card: 1918
Culinary science applied to the whale: the menu and recipes at a steak whale luncheon given by the American Museum of Natural History on 8th February 1918

Whales mistaken for u-boats during WW1
A page from The Illustrated London News, featuring two whales photographed from the air, showing how they could be mistaken for u-boats, and consequently bombed. WW1

Jonah cast overboard - Jonah 1. circa 1690

Harpoons. 6500-4000 BC. Denmark
Harpoons of deer antler for hunting small whales and seals. 6500-4000 BC. From Zealand coasts and fjords of Eastern Jutland. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Sea Serpent / 1875 Brazil
A sperm whale is attacked by a sea serpent off the coast of Brazil (witnessed by captain and crew of the Pauline ) Date: 13th July 1875

Pauline Serpent
Travellers on the Pauline, en route to Zanzibar, see a whale encircled by this serpent-like creature : the ships chaplain sketches it and Captain Drevar confirms the sighting Date: July 1875

A scene from Journeys End (1930) directed by James Whale supervised by George Pearson Date: 1930

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus Endangered species
Bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus. Endangered species.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Short-beaked dolphin, Delphinus delphis, and Hyperoodon ampullatus, N. Atlantic bottlenose whale.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science

Narwhal or narwhale, Monodon monoceros, and sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus (vulnerable).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Jonah the Giant Whale, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1950s

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