Recognition sketches of the coast of Spitsbergen & Scrimshaw

04/07/2019 5 min

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Episode Synopsis

Whalers. Expert Navigators, but also expert artists?

Charlotte Connelly, Curator at The Polar Museum, tells us about some atmospheric ink drawings and scrimshaw created by whalers voyaging in the Arctic.

This podcast series is part of an exhibition titled Artist: Unknown at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge. In collaboration with the University of Cambridge Museums, it brings together works of art from across the University’s collections from July to September 2019.

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