Cleaning Whalebone
Artist/Maker Grant, Gordon
Title

Cleaning Whalebone

Mediumink, paper
Dimensions22 × 14 1/8 in. (55.9 × 35.9 cm)
Object number1933.3.61
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionDrawings for "Greasy Luck" series. Shows a crewman in a knitted cap scrubbing down a section of baleen using a large brush. Another crewman behind him is holding a very long piece of baleen. Mounted.ProvenanceOriginal drawings for his book "Greasy Luck" published by William Farquhar Payson, 1932.
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The Blanket Piece Coming Aboard
The Blanket Piece Coming Aboard
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Dead Man's Chest
Dead Man's Chest
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Bailing the Case
Bailing the Case
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Main Hatch Surgery
Main Hatch Surgery
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Mincing
Mincing
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Cleaning Ship
Cleaning Ship
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Cutting In
Cutting In
Grant, Gordon
Trying Out
Trying Out
Grant, Gordon
Whalebone
Whalebone
Grant, Gordon
Lancing
Lancing
Grant, Gordon
Lowering the Blanket Piece into the Hold
Lowering the Blanket Piece into the Hold
Grant, Gordon
Cutting in Diagram
Cutting in Diagram
Grant, Gordon

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