Shooting Sea Horses

Original artwork by John Webber entitled : Shooting Sea Horses. Depicts "A party from His Majesty’s ship Resolution shooting sea-horses". This large picture of walruses being shot for food was painted after Webber’s return to London from Cook’s third voyage (1776–80), where he was the offi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Walruses > Alaska
Sailing ships > Alaska
Rowboats > Alaska
Walrus hunting > Alaska
Alaska
walrus*
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/1462
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Summary:Original artwork by John Webber entitled : Shooting Sea Horses. Depicts "A party from His Majesty’s ship Resolution shooting sea-horses". This large picture of walruses being shot for food was painted after Webber’s return to London from Cook’s third voyage (1776–80), where he was the official expedition artist.

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