Title
Franco-American busk
Date19th Century
Mediumwhale skeletal bone
Dimensions1 1/2 × 12 7/8 in. (3.8 × 32.7 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.216
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPolychrome engraved one side only. Top chamfered, bottom rounded. Fanciful panoramic shorescape: full-rigged ships (warships?), one with USA flag, sails furled; enormous bridge linking an city flying a USA flag with a city and fort flying a French tricolor. Possibly an allegorical vignette of Franco-American friendship.ProvenanceKendall Whaling Museum; NBWMOn View
On view
19th Century
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