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Title
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The Rousseau Chest
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Identifier
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ART00001 (WSP); 2018.43 (NBWM)
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Type
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chests (case furniture) (Getty AAT 300038992)
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Creator
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Arthur Gordon Grinnell (1854–1924)
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Date
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1894
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Medium
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wood
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Format
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31 × 19 1/2 × 44 in. (78.7 × 49.5 × 111.8 cm)
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Publisher
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
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Description
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Chest made from timbers salvaged from the Rousseau (WSP VES00001). Inscription inside lid: "Made from the original timbers of the Bark Rousseau. Built in 1801 in Philadelphia for Stephen Girard and sailed in the China trade. Bought by George Howland, Jr., in 1834, and fitted for the whale fishery. Broken up in 1893. l.l. 7.6.94 l.r. A.G.G."
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Provenance
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Commissioned by William Dillwyn Howland (1853-1897), 1894.
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Rights
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Object in the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Gift of Waldo Howland.
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Source
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https://newbedford.emuseum.com/objects/223879/the-rousseau-chest?ctx=8eb32d1292f0b7144a4b860943a015177d9b99a8&idx=0
