Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871

George Howland Whalesite

Abandonment of the Whalers
in the Arctic Ocean
Sept. 1871.

The followgin five hand-colored lithographs have the collective title "Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871.

They illustrate in sequence the fate of thirty-three whaling vessels which were trapped and then abandoned in the Arctic ice and the subsequent rescue of more than a thousand men by other vessels which carried them to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands).

John Perry Newell (1831–1898), lithographer and marine painter, was the artist and the publisher was Benjamin Russell of New Bedford, Massachuestts. J. H. Bufford's Lith, 490 Washington St, Boston, was the printer.

These images are courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens of San Marino, California.

Pl.1: Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean
Sept. 1871.

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(left to right)
Sea Horse Islands, Roman, Point Belcher, Concordia,
Gay Head, George

Pl.2: Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean
Sept. 1871.

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(left to right)
John Wells, Massachusetts, J D Thompson, Contest,
E Morgan, Champion, Henry Taber, E Swift, Florida,
O Crocker, Navy, Reindeer, Seneca, G Howland, Fanny, Carlotta, Paiea

Pl.3: Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean
Sept. 1871.

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(left to right)
Monticello, Kohola, Eugenia, Wainright Inlet, Julian, Awashonks, Thos Dickason, Minerva, Wm Rotch, Victoria, Mary

Pl.4: Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean
Sept. 1871.
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(left to right)
Blossom Shoals, Place of Rendezvous, Icy Cape

Pl.5: Abandonment of the Whalers in the Arctic Ocean
Sept. 1871.

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Ships receiving the captains officers and crews
of abandoned ships.
(left to right)
Europa, Daniel Webster, Midas, Chance, Arctic, Progress, Lagoda

Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, Feb 3, 2026