Living luxuriously in Ignorance:
Then and Now
Dutch Whaling: At Whose Expense?
Information About the Whalebone Plaques
Whaling in the Arctic Ocean
Description:
Three Dutch ships in the Arctic Ocean
oil on canvas
depth 6 cm, carrier: height 50.5 cm x width 66.5 cm
Artist: Abraham Storck (1644-1708)
Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
Description:
Excerpt from the poem "The Whalers Song," 1850.
Artist: Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865)
Poems for the Sea
The Whalers Song
A Western perspective on whaling, feeling no empathy nor connection.