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C1951
[“Albion” South Sea Whaler.
Fine etching by the maritime historian and etcher of the Albion a South Sea whaler, a fully rigged whaler built at Deptford, England, and launched in 1798. She made five whaling voyages to the seas, Australia and New Zealand. On … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
[“Albion” South Sea Whaler.
Date:
C1951
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Etching signed lower right in ink
Image Size:
225mm
x 162mm
Paper Size:
320mm
x 262mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1951
Description:
Fine etching by the maritime historian and etcher of the Albion a South Sea whaler, a fully rigged whaler built at Deptford, England, and launched in 1798. She made five whaling voyages to the seas, Australia and New Zealand. On her first voyage, Albion, Eber Bunker, master, left Britain on 20 February 1799, bound for New South Wales and arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney), on 29 June 1799, with a cargo of salted pork after a voyage of 3 months and 15 days.
Collections:
National Gallery Australia: Bib ID 591855
Geoffrey Chapman Ingleton (1908 - 1998)
Ingleton was a maritime historian and eminent hydrographer who in his early life was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Ingleton's diverse interests were always centred on things maritime. He was a cartographer, author, artist, etcher, ship modeller, book collector and publisher. He acquired an enormous collection of books and periodicals, maps, photographs, ships' log books and nautical charts.
