The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella"
Artist: John Ward of Hull (English, 1798-1849)
Date: ca. 1840
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
About the Artist: John Ward (was an English painter from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. He has been described as "the leading marine artist and ship portrait painter in Hull during the first half of the 19th century".














