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| 2023-05-11 i545 Outfitting the C W Morgan (oil, 1916); Clifford Warren Ashley; Delaware Museum of Art |
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For Yankee Whaler, by Clifford W. Ashley. . Clifford Ashley grew up New Bedford, Massachusetts, the center of the American whaling industry. He created this scene of a famous 1841 whaleship and included it in his book Yankee Whaler (1926), a definitive study of whaling methods, ship construction and outfitting, and crews' daily routines. . The Charles W. Morgan is the last of an American whaling fleet that numbered more than 2,700 vessels. Built and launched in 1841, the Morgan is now America’s oldest commercial ship still afloat—only the USS Constitution is older. It can be visited in Mystic CT. |