Whalers is an 1845 painting by British artist J. M. W. Turner.

Originally created with the hope that collector Elhanan Bicknell would purchase it, the work is currently found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[1][2][3] The painting depicts a wounded sperm whale thrashing in a sea of foam and blood.

In the background is a ghostly three-masted whaling vessel.

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