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Modern Whaling - A Leaping Finback (off coast of British Columbia)

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Modern Whaling - A Leaping Finback (off coast of British Columbia)

Date1912

Names

Heming, Arthur, 1871-1940 (author)

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Modern Whaling - A Leaping Finback (off coast of British Columbia)

Subject

Medium

Oil paintings (visual works)

Dimensions539 x 355 mm

Language

ProvenanceGift of J. Ross Robertson

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberJRR277

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