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Wesleyville Fleet in the Labrador Sea | 1995 | Etching 71 of 75 Fall If you're interested in ShouldAbout the Artwork Wesleyville Fleet in the Labrador Sea (1995) is an etching and aquatint by David Blackwood (19412022), depicting a humpback whale at the moment its massive tail breaks the surface, with the Wesleyville schooner fleet sailing along the distant horizon. The vertical compositionunusual for maritime subjectscentres on the whale frozen just before impact with the water. The whale's dark body curves downward through gradations of