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This was bought at an auction in Beverley and originates from around 1850. It shows a ship and a mermaid. Scrimshaw is the name of the craft and handiwork of whalers, usually things made from the ...

Sometimes they would see human beings sail past on their great ships and say, ‘What strange lives those humans lead!’ The king of the mer-people had six mermaid daughters. All were very ...