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Nineteenth Century Whaling Peep Show

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Title: Nineteenth Century Whaling Peep Show
Author: **
Description: 6 hand-colored panels with cut-out scenes to form a tunnel. Side billows not present and possibly never applied.Overlapping scenes from front to rear showing: Bears and birds on rocks bordering the water; a sailing vessel run a-ground with rowboats departing; a whale being harpooned from rowboats; the harpooned whale pulling the rowboats, sailing vessel wrecked on the rocks; 5 vessels sailing into the distance with the setting sun.
Heading: zza(Peep Show)Place Published: No place
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Date Published: 19th century