CHASING THE WHALE: Extracts 58

Title: "My God! Mr. Chace, what is the matter?" I answered, "we have been stove by a whale." "NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK OF THE WHALE SHIP ESSEX OF NANTUCKET, WHICH WAS ATTACKED AND FINALLY DESTROYED BY A LARGE SPERM WHALE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN." BY OWEN CHACE OF NANTUCKET, FIRST MATE OF SAID VESSEL. NEW YORK. 1821.

10.875 x 15.75 inches
acrylic paint on found paper
January 23, 2016
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