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

Whalers near Cape Charles, Labrador

细节
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.)

拍品专文

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.