Stus-List Re: Mystic Seaport Panorama Exhibit

[Don Kern via CnC-List]

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_medium=email_campaign=March8%2C2022_content=Panorama_version_A 
 



Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C 34R Annapolis

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Stus-List Re: Mystic Seaport Panorama Exhibit

[Rod Stright via CnC-List]

Impressive Chuck thanks for sharing.

 

Rod

Halifax

 

From: CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List  
Sent: March-08-22 4:47 PM
To: CNC boat owners, cnc-list 
Cc: CHARLES SCHEAFFER 
Subject: Stus-List Mystic Seaport Panorama Exhibit

 

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
 

 _medium=email_campaign=March8%2C2022_content=Panorama_version_A 

 

Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 C 34R Annapolis

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