Chuck
Agree it is an amazing painting. I saw it when it was at the New
Bedford Whaling museum. I wonder where it will go next?
Don Kern
On 3/8/2022 3:46 PM, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List wrote:
FYI, Mystic Seaport in Connecticut is losing an amazing exhibit March
27th. It is the pictoral story of a whaling ship travelling around
the world. The story is told in a moving painting (this is before
movies) and is truly worth the trip if you enjoy history of that period.
From their website:
In 1848, New Bedford artists Benjamin Russell and Caleb Purrington
announced to the world they had completed their /Grand Panorama of a
Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World/. Russell was an emerging artist and
bankrupt whaling investor who had just spent 42 months (1841-1844) on
a whaling voyage to the Indian Ocean and North Pacific aboard the ship
/Kutusoff/. When he returned, Purrington joined him in creating this
massive painting as a commercial enterprise for public entertainment.
Performed as a moving panorama, this 1,275-foot long and 8-foot high
painting was separated onto four alternating spools, which were
mounted in a theater or public hall for a paid performance. It toured
the East, transported by train, ship, and wagon to Boston, New York
and as far West as St. Louis.
For more info:
https://www.mysticseaport.org/explore/exhibits/the-grand-panorama/?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=March8%2C2022&utm_content=Panorama_version_A
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Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C&C 34R Annapolis
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