14354g Scrimshaw at Cold Spring Harbor

Walter K. Earle; Scrimshaw Folk Art of the Whalers; Whaling Museum Society, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: 1957 This monograph, published in 1957, illustrated with simple line drawings by Jane Davenport, offers a brief overview of scrimshaw . At the time of its publication, very little had been written on the subject, with the notable exception of a chapter in Clifford Ashley’s Yankee Whaler and a few other occasional cursory references to the art. The discussion is limited to the collection at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum.