Artist/Maker
Snow, E. C.
fl. ca. 1871-1926
Place MadeUnited States
Title
"FAST BOAT"
DateCirca 1871-1926
MediumPencil, ink, and watercolor, illustration board
Dimensions11 3/16 × 8 in. (28.4 × 20.3 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.4920
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionOne in a series of fifteen watercolor, ink, and pencil drawings on paper and illustration board. Caricature with self-portrait. Shows six men in a whaleboat, confident harpooneer in the bow (Snow?) and horrrified-looking native whalers seated behind him. One crewman is holding a rope that is clearly the line to a harpooned whale (out of view) as they all are are taken for a Nantucket sleigh-ride. After "Fast to a Whale" by I. W. Taber, an illustration engraved by J. W. Evans for an article by Gustav Kobbee entitled, "The Perils and Romance of Whaling," "Century Magazine," August 1890, p. 250 or p. 520.ProvenancePurchased as a set from William Clark, Stonington, CT, 02/20/1997, $843.75.On View
Not on view
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
1745-1925
Snow, E. C.
Snow, E. C.
