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“The Road Roller,” oil on canvas by Rockwell Kent, 1909; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
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The Road Roller

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  • Kent, Rockwell: illustration of Ahab
    In Rockwell Kent

    …tonal contrasts, as seen in The Road Roller. In the course of a varied career he worked as an architectural draftsman, as a lobsterman and carpenter on the coast of Maine, and as a ship’s carpenter. He explored the waters about Tierra del Fuego in a small boat and lived…

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