Essex on November 23 1820 at Noon

Identifier: MS106.3
Title: Essex on November 23 1820 at Noon
Creator: Nickerson, Thomas, 1805-1883
Measurements: Unknown
Materials: pencil (marking material); ink; paper (fiber product)
Technique: drawing (image-making); writing (processes)
Date Created: ca. 1870
Location: Nantucket Historical Association Library
Subject: Whaling ships; Whaling; Shipwrecks
Description: A drawing of a whaleship without sails, rigging, or even masts, most of its hull underwater.
Inscriptions: Handwritten upper center: This Sketch is designed to Show the Ship On the 23d Nov after the \ Sails and [spears?] and general debris had been [cleaned?] the Ship water Logged; Handwritten lower center: Ship Essex as She appeared Nov 23 of 1820 at noon water Logged & abandoned \ with the Boats taking their Leave Latt [?] 0/3 [unknown] / 20 West Long