Mocha Dick

Mocha Dick was a writer (1800–1838). He was born at Pacific Ocean.

Mocha Dick in brief

Born
1800
Died
1838
Known for
writer
Place of birth
Pacific Ocean
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Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1973 to 1987.

"I wanna get a look at this dame!", dated n.d., pen and black ink, and red watercolor, on off-white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2004.879. Bowl, dated 1986, glass, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.241. Cinderella, Prince Charming and Cinderella Ball, Lexington House, Hickory Hills, Illinois, dated 1987, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1989.684.2. Bunny Hop, Prince Charming and Cinderella Ball, Lexington House, Hickory Hills, Illinois, dated 1987, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1989.684.1. 7-7-73 (#129), dated 1973, screenprint in black and colored inks and collage of silver gelatin photographs on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2022.302.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

From Mocha Dick to Moby Dick: Fishing for Clues to Moby's Name and Color, Names, 1998. Mocha Dick: The Legend and the Fury by Brian Heinz (review), Leviathan, 2015. Mocha Dick: The Legend and Fury by Brian Heinz (review), Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, 2014. Jeremiah N. Reynolds, “Mocha Dick; Or the White Whale of the Pacific: A Leaf from a Manuscript Journal”, The Essex and the Whale, 2016. Stitching the Sublime:<i>An Interview with Tristin Lowe, Sculptor of Mocha Dick</i>, Leviathan, 2012.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1800Mocha Dick born at Pacific Ocean.
  2. 1838Mocha Dick died.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Stitching the Sublime:<i>An Interview with Tristin Lowe, Sculptor of Mocha Dick</i>, Leviathan, 2012

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Mocha Dick.

    open access index · Unverified

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  3. 3.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Mocha Dick.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  4. 4.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2437626: Mocha Dick

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  5. 5.

    “Mocha Dick”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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