The Harpooneer
Date1930
Artist
Rockwell Kent
(American painter, illustrator, and graphic artist, 1882–1971)
Illustration CitationMoby Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville (Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930)
MediumPhotolithograph print
Dimensionscomposition: 7 13/16 × 5 1/2 in. (19.8 × 14 cm)
sheet: 11 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (28.9 × 18.1 cm)
frame: 22 3/8 × 18 3/8 × 7/8 in. (56.8 × 46.7 × 2.2 cm) with 1994-55
sheet: 11 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (28.9 × 18.1 cm)
frame: 22 3/8 × 18 3/8 × 7/8 in. (56.8 × 46.7 × 2.2 cm) with 1994-55
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1994
Object number1994-51
On View
On viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe 1930 edition of Moby Dick with Kent's illustrations was published just as critics were rediscovering Melville's novel. The book's success was a factor in its becoming recognized as the classic it is today.