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Description: | Framed picture of 113 delftware tiles, painted in blue with a whaling scene. Four Dutch sailing vessels are shown off an ice floe, on which can be seen whalers and boats. Two whales are seen in the foreground, one being harpooned from a boat. In the centre of the picture, a vessel at anchor with three whales depicted on its sternboard, with a whale alongside ready for flensing. In the upper left corner of the picture are the arms of the Dutch village of De Rijp. It has a decorative tile border and is framed. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | pictures | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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