Jul 9, 2006

Moby Cow


Looking more closely at this cow (called “Cowtucket”), the drawing on its side shows a whale and a lighthouse from Nantucket Island. Nantucket, which means “far away island”, is located 30 miles south of Cape Cod. From 1800 to 1840, it was the “Whaling capital of the World” and the third largest city in Massachusetts. This business brought a great prosperity to the island and elegant Victorian houses were built for wealthy people. The novel “Moby dick”, written by Herman Melville was inspired on the true story of a Nantucket whaling ship.

En regardant cette vache de plus près, on peut distinguer un dessin d’une baleine et d’un phare sur l’île de Nantucket. Nantucket, qui signifie “l’île lointaine” est située à 50 kilomètres au sud de Cape Cod. De 1800 à 1840, c’était la capitale de la pêche à la baleine et la troisième ville la plus importante du Massachusetts. Ce commerce a apporté la prospérité à l’île et d’élégantes maison Victoriennes ont été construites pour la classe aisée. Le roman “Moby Dick” écrit par Herman Melville est inspiré d’une histoire vraie d’un baleinier de Nantucket.

8 comments:

Carlos Lorenzo said...

Great shot. Interesting info. I had heard about Nantucket in a song by Billy Joel.

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Michael Salone said...

You know I LOVE these cow photos! What a great idea that has spread all over the world.

Annie said...

Your post causes me to wonder how many places around the world have installed cow sculptures. I first saw them in Chicago, cows on the street and perched on buildings. Cows everywhere decorated in all sorts of ways. It was fun to wander through the streets looking for them. I hope you are having such fun now.

John said...

You have a cow in a boat, here in Melbourne we have a cow up a tree. I will take a photo and post it over this coming week. Bizarre!

PDPB said...

one does wonder why there is a cow in a boat.

Alex said...

Thank you all for your comments.

Hi Carlos, thanks for the reference to Billy Joel's song, I'll check out the lyrics.

Hi Michael, I agree, it's a great and fun idea to display art.

Hello Annie and John, oh! I would like to see the cow's sculpture perched ontop of a building or up a tree! What an unusual way to model art!


Hi Pdpb, Good point. Well, this cow's sculpture relates to the Moby Dick story.

Anonymous said...

Excellent, love it! »