The Whale Ship

The Whale Ship by JMW Turner

Just such a sight

did Owen Chase see

on the Essex

that day

Just such a canvas

could Owen Chase

have painted

had he been born JMW Turner

or Turner, Chase

Just such a whale …

just such a ship…

did the God of Whales

have in mind when the thought

“RETRIBUTION

just once

RETRIBUTION”

came to mind

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Source:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/european_paintings/the_whale_ship_joseph_mallord_william_turner//objectview.aspx?OID=110002307&collID=11&dd1=11

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