Rockwell Kent Gallery
June 11, 2005 - May 31, 2006 Open Every Day Except Holidays, Noon to 4 pm
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| Plattsburgh State Art Museum
Rockwell Kent Gallery June 11, 2005 - May 31, 2006 Open Every Day Except Holidays, Noon to 4 pm |
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In Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Lakeside Press Edition of Moby Dick or The Whale By Herman Melville Illustrated by Rockwell Kent |
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The Story:
Introduction:
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 | #111 Volume I, Title Page |  | #112 Volume I, Chapter II, The Carpet Bag, p. 10 “Now having a night, a day, and still another night following before me in New Bedford, ere I could embark for my destined port, it became a matter of concernment where I was to eat and sleep meanwhile.” |  | #113 Top image: Volume III p. 58 Bottom image: Volume I, Chapter IV, The Counterpane, p. 37 “I was watching to see where he kept his razor, when lo and behold, he takes the harpoon from the bed corner, slips out the long wooden stock, unsheathes the head, whets it a little on his boot, and striding up to the bit of mirror against the wall, begins a vigorous scraping, or rather harpooning of his cheeks.” |
 | #114 Volume I, Chapter II, chapter end image, p. 16 Throughout the three volumes Kent takes the opportunity to illustrate various types of whales. |  | #121 Volume I, Chapter II, The Carpet Bag, p. 14 New Bedford harbor. |  | #122 Volume I, Chapter III, The Spouter-Inn, p. 33 “First he takes about a double handful of shavings out of his grego pocket, and places them carefully before the idol; then laying a bit of ship biscuit on tip and applying the flame from the lamp, he kindled the shavings into a sacrificial blaze.” |
 | #123 Volume I, Chapter VIII, The Pulpit, p. 58 “Yes, the world’s a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.” |  | #131 Volume I, Chapter IX, The Sermon p. 59 “Father Mapple rose, and in a mild voice of unassuming authority ordered the scattered people to condense.” |  | #132 Volume I, Chapter XII, Biographical, p. 80 “Queequeg was a native of Kakovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are.” |
 | #133 Volume I, ChapterXII, Biographical, p. 81 “But Queequeg vowed a vow. Alone in his canoe, he paddled off to a distant strait, which he knew the ship must pass through when she quitted the island.” |
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