Pêche du Cachalot, Cachalot Fishery
c. 1834-1835
Artist, German, 1809 - 1875
Publisher, French, est. 1827 - renamed 1884
Friedrich von Martens, after Louis Garneray
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, aquatint, and engraving on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Harry W. Havemeyer in memory of his father, Horace Havemeyer
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Dimensions
image: 55.88 × 80.96 cm (22 × 31 7/8 in.)
sheet: 81.6 × 104.46 cm (32 1/8 × 41 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2019.51.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Old Print Shop, New York); purchased 2019 by Harry W. Havemeyer [b. 1929], New York; gift to NGA, 2019.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2021
Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.
Inscriptions
In plate, below image, at left: Garneray pinx.; in plate, below image, at right: Martens sculp.; in plate, below image, at center: PÊCHE DU CACHALOT. CACHALOT FISHERY. / Paris, Publié par GOUPIL & VIBERT, Boulevard Montmartre, 15, & rue de Lanery, 7 Imprimerie de Goupil et Vibert.