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Numbered 8 in upper right corner.

First proof with engraved details on the figures in the whaling boat.

Figures in boat still printed as black silhouettes, but this is the first proof with details added to the figures in gouache. Small tear in the paper.

Men in boat still seen only in black silhouette. Small sketch of a ship in graphite in lower right corner of page, outside the image. Reddish stains on paper.

Some bad creasing runs diagonal across lower half of image.

Ship in upper-right corner appears in almost full detail. Figures in boat seen in black silhouette.

White space in upper right where ship will appear. Figures in boat only seen in black silhouette.

Ship in upper right-hand drawn in with graphite. Figures in boat seen as black silhouettes. Some holes in paper.

Large, detailed sketch of a bundle of sailing block and tackle.

Sketch of whalers in a whaling boat, with a large toothy sperm whale behind them. To the right, squiggles to test the thickness of different graphite pencils.

Whale vertebra, grapnel anchor and a bucket.

Two harpoon heads, a knife and a whaling lance. The lance is labeled "lance" and next to it, Leighton has written what looks like "Cutting in Rock" (which is crossed out).

Unsigned final proof.

Circular drawing with the final composition of the plate. The tool assembly in the foreground is drawn with particular detail and care. In the bottom right corner of the page, beneath the image, Leighton has jotted a fragmented note to herself about the Whaling Museum and ship building. At the bottom left hand is a graphite sketch labeled "bond hook."

Slightly abstract circular painting giving a sense of the motion and final composition of the wood engraving.

Light circular sketch of the final composition of the plate. The central drawing is surrounded by four smaller circular drawings in various stages of completion.