The Harpooneer

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© Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton, All rights reserved.
The Harpooneer
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The Harpooneer

Date1930
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)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1994
Object number1994-51
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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.
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