1928-1930
Daggoo Throws a Dart
Rockwell KentAmerican, 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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