American whaler barque John Howland visited Russell, New Zealand according to the New Zealand newspaper Daily Southern Cross dated 6 June 1874

South Sea whalers boiling blubber/boats preparing to get a whale alongside. 

A watercolour by British artist Sir Oswald Brierly. The painting dates from around 1876.

An item reported the departure of the port of Russell, New Zealand on 4 May of the American whaler barque John Howland master Cole on a whaling cruise.