About This Item
Title
Figure d'une Balaine prise, & le depart d'icelle
Subject
Whales
Book Illustrations
Description
Title taken from caption of woodcut.
Depiction of early 17th century whaling practices. The background shows the whale being hunted, the foreground shows the whale being slaughtered.
Creator
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590
Source
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1614
Language
French
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZEa_9f.1066a
Spatial Coverage
Coast of Bayonne
Original Format
1 print : woodcut
Physical Dimensions
15 x 17 cm
Citation
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'une Balaine prise, & le depart d'icelle,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3132.