Thursday, June 11, 2020

CHASING THE WHALE: Extracts 09

Title: "He visited this country also with a view of catching horse-whales, which had bones of very great value for their teeth, of which he brought some to the king. * * * The best whales were catched in his own country, of which were some were forty-eight, some fifty yards long. He said that he was one of six who had killed sixty in two days." OTHER OR OCTHER'S VERBAL NARRATIVE TAKEN DOWN FROM HIS MOUTH BY KING ALFRED, A.D. 890

15.75 x 10.875 inches
acrylic paint on found paper
August 3, 2015


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