| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 28 cm |
| Note |
Published to accompany the display of the New Bedford Whaling Museum's newly digitized Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage 'Round the World, completed by Benjamin Russell and Caleb Purrington in 1848. |
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Volume 1 consists of essays; volume 2 consists of captioned images from the panorama and is meant to be read back to front. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index. |
| Contents |
Volume 1. Foreword / Amanda McMullen, President and CEO, New Bedford Whaling Museum -- Introduction: A spectacle in motion / Christina Connett, PhD, Chief Curator, New Bedford Whaling Museum -- Benjamin Russell: New Bedford's definitive whaleman artist / Michael P. Dyer, Curator of Maritime History, New Bedford Whaling Museum -- Globalization and diversity of maritime industries from New Bedford / Akeia Benard, PhD, Curator of Social History, New Bedford Whaling Museum -- Time machines: moving panoramas in nineteenth-century U.S. literature / Jamie L. Jones, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- Whaling voyage 'round the world: American captialism in a work of art / Keith Kauppila, independent scholar, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts -- From worthless to priceless in sixty years / D. Jordan Berson, Director of Collections, New Bedford Whaling Museum -- The textile conservation process / Kathryn Tarleton, Principal, ConText, Inc., Charlotte Hamlin, Principal, ConText, Inc. -- An overview of the content of the Panorama / Michael P. Dyer, Curator of Maritime History, New Bedford Whaling Museum -- volume 2. Image gallery. |
| Summary |
"This two-volume publication dives into the detail and narrative of the Panorama and allows people to quite literally hold the entire artwork in the palm of their hands. A maritime artwork of national historical importance, the Panorama is a first-hand account of a whaling voyage originating from the port of New Bedford, MA in the mid-19th century. At 1,275' long, the Panorama is one of the longest paintings in the United States. The Panorama was painted in 1848 and today it represents an important piece of 19th century American visual culture. It documents the historic importance of the American whaling industry, as well as the industry's global, cultural, social, and industrial impacts. This publication highlights the importance of interpreting, studying, exhibiting, and conserving this one-of-a-kind national treasure" -- Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
New Bedford Whaling Museum -- Catalogs.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum. (OCoLC)fst00568503
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Whaling -- History -- 19th century.
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Whaling in art.
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Panoramas -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford.
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Panoramas. (OCoLC)fst01052198
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Whaling. (OCoLC)fst01174284
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Whaling in art. (OCoLC)fst01174303
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Massachusetts -- New Bedford.
(OCoLC)fst01207803
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01423692
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Russell, Benjamin, 1804-1885, artist.
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Purrington, Caleb, 1812-1876, artist.
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New Bedford Whaling Museum, publisher.
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| Added Title |
Grand panorama of a whaling voyage 'round the world |
| ISBN |
9780997516166 |
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099751616X |
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