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    369 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    366 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Whale Fishery: Sperm Whale "In a Flurry""11 records

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Double crocodile pendant by Coclé (Macaracas) artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Double crocodile pendant

Coclé (Macaracas) artist

950–1100 CE · Gold, shell

Cleared · Public Domain

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Double-Bat-Head Figure Pendant by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Double-Bat-Head Figure Pendant

Unrecorded maker

12th–14th century · Gold, greenstone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sperm whale beached near Berkhey on 3 February, 1598 by Jacob Matham, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sperm whale beached near Berkhey on 3 February, 1598

Jacob Matham (d. 1631)

1598 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Beached Sperm Whale at Noordwijk, 28 December 1614 by Esaias van de Velde, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beached Sperm Whale at Noordwijk, 28 December 1614

Esaias van de Velde (d. 1630)

ca. 1614 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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A Stranded Whale on the Beach Between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee on 20 February, 1762 by Hendrik Spilman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Stranded Whale on the Beach Between Zandvoort and Wijk aan Zee on 20 February, 1762

Hendrik Spilman (d. 1784)

1762 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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'Otua fefine (deity figure) by Ha'apai Islands artist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

'Otua fefine (deity figure)

Ha'apai Islands artist

Early 19th century · Whale ivory

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Whale Fishery: Attacking a "Right Whale" --and "Cutting In" by Currier & Ives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Whale Fishery: Attacking a "Right Whale" --and "Cutting In"

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

ca. 1860 · Hand-colored lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Sinumbra Lamp

New England Glass Company (d. 1888)

ca. 1830 · Glass, pressed, with brass fittings and lamp mechanism; shade, blown, frosted and wheel cut

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Sperm Whale "In a Flurry"

Nathaniel Currier (d. 1888)

1852 · Hand-colored lithograph

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Whale Fishery: The Sperm Whale "in a Flurry"

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

ca. 1860 · Hand-colored lithograph

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Whale Fishery: Sperm Whale "In a Flurry"

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1877–1894 · Hand-colored lithograph, with gum arabic

In copyright

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