"Enveloped in Tentacles"

DateCirca 1920

Mediumchalk, charcoal, paper

Dimensions16 5/8 × 26 in. (42.2 × 66 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.4346

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

Description[Previously titled: "Primordial battle of the Leviathans."] Image of a whale being enveloped by a giant squid. The whale is at the surface of the water, and the squid is below and to the left. The squid's tentacles are wrapped around the whales mouth and face.ProvenancePurchased from the artist by Henry P. Kendall, prior to 1932.

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