Galathea

DateCirca 1860

Mediumceramic

Dimensions9 in. (22.9 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.4068

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionA polychrome-painted plate with nautical-mythological subject consisting of three figures in the water. The naked woman draped with cloth is reclining on a monster-whale. There is a cherub above her, holding the end of the draped cloth. A man (also naked) is in water to the left, with back turned, and a large shell in his hands. The dish has an ornate border.ProvenancePainting has been retouched in another medium, likely as a Victorian concession to modesty. Henry Hornblower III, Dedham, MA, 02/26/1996

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