The new South Sea fishery, or, A cheap way to catch whales [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The new South Sea fishery, or, A cheap way to catch whales [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Cheap way to catch whales
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [4 January 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Jany. 4, 1791, by H. Humphries, N. 18 Old Bond St.
- Abstract
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A satire ridiculing the first Nootka Convention in which Spain conceded England's right to maintain outposts in Nootka Sound and engage in whaling outside a "ten-league line" off the Northwest coast of North America. In a small row boat on the Pacific and facing the west coast of North American, Pitt stands fishing with a rod baited with a sack labelled "3 million genl. elc." Beside him in the boat is Henry Dundas holding another sack labelled "million gen. elec" and beside him in the back of the boat, a third sack also labelled "million gen elec." Selected points along the shore from the Sea of Kamtschatka and Bristol Bay (north) to New Mexico are identified with no attempt to convey a sense of scale: Nortons Sound, Alaska, Cooks River, Ps. William Sound, Spanish Land, Nootka or King Georges Sound, New Albion, California. Off the coast of Alaska are shown the islands Arako and Foxes Is. Whales surface above the water inside the buoys with flags reading "10 leagues." In the upper left is a galley "Convention." Pitt says "I fear Harry the fishing will never answer." Dundas replies, "Never mind tha Billy the gudgeons we have caught in England will pay for all."
- Description
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Title etched above image.
Six lines of verse in three columns below image: The hostile nations view with glad surprise, the frugal plans of minsters so wise, but they the censure of the world despise, sure from their faithfull commons of suplies [sic], convinced that man must fame immortal gain, Who first dare fish with millions in the Spanish Main.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Purchased from Boston Rare Maps; October 2015.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 37.3 x 55 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 791.01.04.01++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Spain
Great Britain.
Great Britain
Spain.
North Pacific Ocean. - Subject (Name)
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Great Britain. - Subject (Topic)
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Foreign relations
Politics and government
Whaling
Fishing
Galleys (Ships)
Maps
Ships
Whales - Subjects
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. Spain, 1790 October 28.
Spain > Foreign relations > Great Britain
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Spain
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1789-1820
Whaling > North Pacific Ocean
Fishing
Galleys (Ships)
Maps
Ships
Whales
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12589783
- Object ID (OID)
- 15815769