Scrimshander's Secret Scrapbook of Whaling Era Illustrations - The Spiral Bound Edition

Looking for inspiration for creating a piece of scrimshaw, a drawing or a painting? The Scrimshander's Secret Scrapbook of Whaling Era Illustrations is over 180 images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries featuring sea-faring and whaling images originally created as woodcuts, lithographs drawings and paintings. The illustrations cover the range from catastrophes - where skiffs of sailors get "fluke slapped" by angry whales to the fabled "Kraken" - the giant squid of the deep! With this many period illustrations, one is sure to find inspiration for their own masterpiece on what ever medium they choose - be it mammoth ivory, old piano keys, canvas, or a vintage tattoo!

Author: Andrew Perkins
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 12/10/2010
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9781312051218

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