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Three significant items–a painting, a memoir, and a scrimshawed whale’s tooth–have been added to the Nantucket Historical Association‘s (NHA’s) Permanent Collection. The Trustees of the NHA announce the acquisition of Milo Calkin’s memoir documenting his time aboard the Nantucket whaleship Independence, an Albert C. Gardner tooth, and the painting Northern […]
David Lazarus first mastered the art of scrimshaw during the 1970s, and this artistic endeavor led him to printmaking and eventually to painting. This Saturday, December 7, the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) will open an exhibit featuring works by artist Lazarus in the Sherlund Conference Room in the Whaling Museum. The […]