Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Title
Scrimshaw (whale's tooth)
Object name
Whale's tooth
Date
1910-1940
Medium
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 14.9 x 2.9 cm )
Description
Whale's tooth engraved and blackened with ink with an image of a skiff and figures upset by a whale with sailing ship in background.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Object Number
1943.11
Gallery Label
The scene is a poor copy of "Peche du Cachalot," a painting by the French artist and corsair Ambroise Louis Garneray, published as an engraving in 1834.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
