Моби Дик

Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales

           Nowonderthen,thatinsomesortournobleprofessionofwhalingshouldhavebeenthereshadowedforth.TheHindoowhalereferredto,occursinaseparatedepartmentofthewall,depictingtheincarnationofVishnuintheformofleviathan,learnedlyknownastheMatseAvatar.Butthoughthissculptureishalfmanandhalfwhale,soasonlytogivethetailofthelatter,yetthatsmallsectionofhimisallwrong.Itlooksmorelikethetaperingofananaconda,thanthebroadpalmsofthetruewhale’smajesticflukes.

           ButgototheoldGalleries,andlooknowatagreatChristianpainter’sportraitofthisfish;forhesucceedsnobetterthantheantediluvianHindoo.ItisGuido’spictureofPerseusrescuingAndromedafromthesea-monsterorwhale.WheredidGuidogetthemodelofsuchastrangecreatureasthat?NordoesHogarth,inpaintingthesamesceneinhisown"PerseusDescending,"makeoutonewhitbetter.ThehugecorpulenceofthatHogarthianmonsterundulatesonthesurface,scarcelydrawingoneinchofwater.Ithasasortofhowdahonitsback,anditsdistendedtuskedmouthintowhichthebillowsarerolling,mightbetakenfortheTraitors’GateleadingfromtheThamesbywaterintotheTower.Then,therearetheProdromuswhalesofoldScotchSibbald,andJonah’swhale,asdepictedintheprintsofoldBiblesandthecutsofoldprimers.

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