Pêche du Cachalot, Cachalot Fishery, c. 1834-1835

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Medium

etching, aquatint, and engraving on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Harry W. Havemeyer in memory of his father, Horace Havemeyer

Accession Number

2019.51.2

Artists / Makers

Friedrich von Martens (artist) German, 1809 - 1875

Louis Garneray (artist after) French, 1783 - 1857

Galerie Goupil & Cie (publisher) French, est. 1827 - renamed 1884

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

(Old Print Shop, New York); purchased 2019 by Harry W. Havemeyer [b. 1929], New York; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Havemeyer, Harry Waldron

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.