316 . CHARLES HENRY WILBUR ’ S RECORD BOOK OF WHALES SEEN AND TAKEN BY SHIP YOUNG PHOENIX AND BARK SEINE , in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans , 1864-1875 . An illustrated account of each whale , where it was taken , who took it and how many barrels of oil it yielded . Eleven pages arranged in columns depict approximately 27 blackfish , 10 baleen whales , 40 spouting sperm whales , 28 other sperm whales and the tails of 16 whales not taken , in ink , ink stamp and pencil . Such records were highly prized by whaling captains and kept locked away and protected from spies . That Wilbur was asked to record this information shows he was respected and trusted by his master Edward P . Shiverick . The back of the journal is taken up with navigational notes ; bound in original marbled boards . Height 8 ¼ in .
Provenance : Sotheby ’ s New York Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection : Part IV , December 16 & 17 , 1983 , lot 422 ; Northeast Auctions August 17 & 18 , 2013 , lot 763A
Exhibited : Newark Museum , Princeton Historical Society
317 . LOUIS PAPALUCA ( ITALIAN 1890-1934 ) GOUACHE ON PAPER PORTRAIT OF THE “ U . S . S . NANTUCKET ,” depicted cruising into the Bay of Naples , signed lower right L . Papaluca , in a 3 inch frame . Accompanying the painting are an unused cadet ’ s log book , a cadet handbook , a book by R . Redmayne titled Nantucket , Sailing Through School , a framed postcard and two newspaper reprints . Sight 14 in . x 23 ½ in .
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