Melville Images

View of New Bedford.

Life in the Forecastle.

A Scramble for Salt Junk.  

(French) Whaleman at the Masthead. 

View of New Bedford. Engraving drawn by J. W. Hill, engraved by Wellstood & Peters, published by Smith Brothers & Co., 1852. (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Life in the Forecastle. Photo of illustration, A. A. Schmidt, J. Halpin. From J. Ross Browne, Etchings of a Whaling Cruise (New York: Harper Brothers, 1846). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

A Scramble for Salt Junk.  Colored engraving (n.d). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

(French) Whaleman at the Masthead.  Engraving based on A. A. Schmidt, J. Halpin. From J. Ross Browne, Etchings of a Whaling Cruise (New York: Harper Brothers, 1846). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

 Whale Fishery in Greenland.

Icelanders Fishing for Narwhal. 

Eskimaux Hunting Seals in Greenland.

Whale Being Harpooned.Colored engraving (n.d.).

Whale Fishery in Greenland.  Engraved for George Henry Millar, The New Complete, Authentic, and Universal System of Geography (London: Hogg, 1782), published by Hogg. (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Icelanders Fishing for Narwhal. Engraving from The Naturalist's Library (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.) Eskimaux Hunting Seals in Greenland. Colored engraving, G. Gallina (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Whale Being Harpooned.Colored engraving (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

French Harpooners. 

Harpooner Striking a Whale. American.  

Engraving After Garneray. 

Engraving After Garneray.

French Harpooners. Pêche de la Baleine, Harponnement (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Harpooner Striking a Whale. American. Colored woodcut (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Engraving After Garneray. Ambroise Louis Garneray, Pêche de la Baleine, engraved by Edouard Travies (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Engraving After Garneray. Identified as "Usual Whaling Scene: Colored--modern." (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Whale Fishery (After Garneray). 

Wounded Sperm Whale. 

New Bedford Banknote (Garneray).

New Jersey Banknote (Garneray).

Whale Fishery (After Garneray).Woodcut, n.d. (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Wounded Sperm Whale. Drawn by William Bradford (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

New Bedford Banknote (Garneray). One Dollar Bill. Mechanics Bank of New Bedford (June 1, 1858). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

New Jersey Banknote (Garneray). Five Dollar Bill. Commercial Bank of New Jersey (1856). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Stonington Banknote (Garneray).

Hawaiian Banknote.

New London Bank Note.

The Spectre Whaleman.

Stonington Banknote (Garneray). Two Dollar Bill. StoningtonBank, Connecticut. (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Hawaiian Banknote. Five Dollar Bill, from Boston Bank Note Co (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

New London Bank Note. One Dollar Bill. The Whaling Bank, New London, 1864. (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

The Spectre Whaleman. Woodcut from an Almanac, 1841. (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

Soapine Advertisment.

John Tabor's Ride.

Packing Whalebone.

A Summer in New England.

Soapine Advertisment. Soapine Advertisment, Kendall Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island (n.d.). (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.)

John Tabor's Ride. Woodcut from an Almanac, 1841. (Image courtesy of the Hart Nautical Collection, MIT Museum.) Packing Whalebone. (Image courtesy of D. H. Strother, "A Summer in New England," in Harper's Monthly Magazine XXI (June 1860), 15.) A Summer in New England. (Image courtesy of D. H. Strother, "A Summer in New England," in Harper's Monthly Magazine XXI (June 1860), 1.)

The Model Skipper.

The Land Sharks.

The Cook and the Pilot.

The Steward.

The Model Skipper. (Image courtesy of D. H. Strother, "A Summer in New England," in Harper's Monthly Magazine XXI (June 1860), 14.) The Land Sharks. (Image courtesy of D. H. Strother, "A Summer in New England," in Harper's Monthly Magazine XXI (June 1860), 16.)

The Cook and the Pilot. (Image courtesy of D. H. Strother, "A Summer in New England," in Harper's Monthly Magazine XXI (June 1860), 18.)

The Steward. (Image courtesy of D. H. Strother, "A Summer in New England," in Harper's Monthly Magazine XXI (June 1860), 18.)

Charley Kotzenberger, The Harpooner.

Archie, Fred, and Eugene.

Whaleman at the Masthead.

Cutting In and Trying Out.

Charley Kotzenberger, The Harpooner. (Image courtesy of D. H. Strother, "A Summer in New England," in Harper's Monthly Magazine XXI (June 1860), 19.) Archie, Fred, and Eugene. (Image courtesy of Harry Castlemon, Frank Nelson in the Forecastle (Philadelphia, H. T. Coates, 1876), published byH. T. Coates.) Whaleman at the Masthead. (Image courtesy of J. Ross Browne, Etchings of a Whaling
Cruise (New York: Harper Brothers, 1846), published by Harper Brothers.)
Cutting In and Trying Out. (Image courtesy of J. Ross Browne, Etchings of a Whaling Cruise (New York: Harper Brothers, 1846).)