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Born June 21, 1882 • Tarrytown • New York
Died March 13, 1971 (aged 88) • Plattsburgh • New York

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Kent, Rockwell: illustration of Ahab
“The Road Roller,” oil on canvas by Rockwell Kent, 1909; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Kent, Rockwell: illustration of Moby Dick
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