Whaling Prints in the Francis B. Lothrop Collection

by Elizabeth Ingalls

In the 1920's Francis B. Lothrop began collecting whaling printing for over 60 years. Now housed in the Peabody museum in Salem, Massachusetts prints cover a broad spectrum of subject matter relating to the whaling industry, natural history of the whale. Also prints & from mythology, biblical illustration & maps. A comprehensive collection displaying the collectors fascination with the whale

341 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1987