Artist/Maker
Candels, Lothar, M.D.
Title
Upsetting a Boat
Mediumtooth
Dimensions4 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (10.8 × 21.6 × 5.7 cm)
Donor credit lineGiven in honor of Mary Malloy and Stuart Frank
Object number2006.26
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA copy of an oil painting, Whale Upsetting a Boat, by Percy Elton Cowen, signed and dated by L.R. Candels/1979. The scene of a sperm whale stoving a whaleboat was engraved by Lothar R. Candels, M.D., when the painting was owned by Kendall Whaling Museum (now in NBWM, Kendall Collection #O-121, 2001.100.4330). The tooth has an indigenous wooden stand made by the artist.On View
On view
Candels, Lothar
1725-1960
late 19th Century
