Sujet

Whale stranded at Winterton, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Whale stranded at Winterton, 1857. 'This fine specimen of the whale tribe was driven ashore at Winterton by the gales which visited the coast of Norfolk...When the whale found himself upon land he roared loudly, and he struggled most lustily to regain the deep...The colour of the outer coat is dark brown on the back, vanishing off towards the body of a bluish grey. The body is white; also about two feet of the nose and baleen is white; the rest of the outer part is black. We understand that the skin, head, and tail were removed from the carcase for exhibition. The whale is stated to weigh about 25 tons'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_250

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,9Mo (2,0Mo) / 33,0cm x 21,2cm / 3898 x 2504 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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