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Edgar B. Hammond , (1854–Aug 13, 1937)

Charles W. Morgan

c. 1931
31 3/4 in. x 43 in. (80.65 cm x 109.22 cm)

Medium and Support: Ship model

Credit Line: gift of Dr. Henry T. Lee

Accession Number: 1931.S9

Current Location: On view : GC2

Commentary

Charles W. Morgan
New Bedford Whaler

Built at New Bedford in 1841
Length 105 ft.; Beam 27 ft. 7 in.; Depth 17 ft. 6 in.; Tonnage 351 tons

The Charles W. Morgan is the only survivor of the great fleet of whaling vessels which brought fame to New Bedford. Built by Jethro and Zachariah Hillman at their yard in that city in 1841, for 89 years she was continuously engaged in the whale fishery of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Her thirty-seven voyages, each of two or three years duration, took her around Cape Horn many times and extended from the Arctic to the Antarctic. In 1930, when she was the last New Bedford whaler afloat, she was bought by Colonel E. H. R. Green and tied up at South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, as a memorial to the whale fishery. She has since been moved to Mystic, Connecticut, where she can be seen today, one of the few ships in the world over one hundred years old.

Robert E. Peabody, "Charles W. Morgan" catalogue entry in ed. John Ratté, Models of American Sailing Ships, rev. ed. (Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1994), 68

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

1/4" scale: Models of American Sailing Ships Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/25/1994 - 1/12/1995
Sea Change Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/1/2023 - 1/7/2024

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