19th c. 1) Sperm Whaling with its Varieties, after Benjamin Russell, James Bufford Lithographer, Boston, 1870, sight size 21” x 37 1/4”, in period walnut frame 26” x 42 3/4”. Condition: margin shows tanning and some light staining. 2) New Bedford, Mass., after J. F. A. Cole, Publisher by Prang and Mayer, Boston, sight size 20 1/4” x 34 3/4”, overall with period gilded frame 25 1/4” x 40”. Condition: shows staining, tanning and some acid burn through center, and some damage to frame.
Benjamin Russell, James Bufford Lithographer. Pair of Whaling Lithographs. 19th c. Sperm Whaling and New Bedford, Mass.
