When the Whaling Fleet Cleared for the Caribes
Date1928
Artist
Harvey T. Dunn
(American illustrator, 1884–1952)
Illustration CitationAdvertisement for Duco Paint, Saturday Evening Post, September 22, 1928
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
frame: 35 3/4 × 45 3/4 in. (90.8 × 116.2 cm)
frame: 35 3/4 × 45 3/4 in. (90.8 × 116.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 2017
Object number2017-11
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextHarvey Dunn’s illustration of whaling ships departing from a New England town occupied half of a full-page advertisement for Du Pont's Duco paint in "The Saturday Evening Post." In the accompanying text, this nostalgic scene of old-fashioned industry was contrasted with Du Pont’s modern innovations: “For years American industry demanded a finish which would hold its lustre under all climatic conditions, a finish which could withstand the blight of oxidation. And for many years du Pont chemists sought the formula of enduring beauty. The result is Duco, a new essential product as different from the old-time finishes as electricity is different from whale oil.”
