William Roach: Nantucket Whaler, unknown maker from the United States

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William Roach: Nantucket Whaler
William Roach: Nantucket Whaler
William Roach: Nantucket Whaler
1833
William Roach: Nantucket Whaler , 1833
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: oil; canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 29.2 x 59.1 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 11 1/2 x 23 1/4 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.4110
Not on display
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Sallie Casey Thayer spent several summers on Cape Cod where she owned a beach cottage. Receipts from shops in Provincetown, Massachusetts, as well as nearby cities including Boston and Salem, testify to her continued collecting activities during these holidays. Numerous purchases included bottles, pitchers, dishes, furniture, jewelry, and a lace shawl. Whether or not Thayer acquired this painting while in New England, it speaks to her travels and long-standing interest in U.S. history and industry during the colonial period and into the 19th century. The painting depicts a whaling ship belonging to one of the most prosperous and well-known whaling families. The Roach or Rotch family of Nantucket and New Bedford were to the late 18th- and early 19th-century whaling industry what Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller would be to the steel and oil industries.

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Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU
Celka Straughn, curator
2017–2018

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