Daggoo Throws a Dart

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Daggoo Throws a Dart

1928-1930

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Herman Melville’s novel, Moby Dick, describes Daggoo as a six-foot-five African who was a harpooner on Captain Ahab’s ship, The Pequod. In this illustration, Kent captures the tension of the moment just before the hunter hurls his weapon into the back of a cresting whale.

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Object Details

Title:

Daggoo Throws a Dart
Illustration for Herman Melville’s 'Moby Dick: or, The Whale' (Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930)

Date:

1928-1930

Artist:

Rockwell Kent (American, 1882–1971)

Medium:

Brush and black ink over traces of graphite, with scraping out, on cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Image: 10 x 7 1/16 inches (25.4 x 17.9 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (26.7 x 19.1 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund from the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection, 1971

Accession Number:

1971-2-128

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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