Moby Dick diorama
Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, the waves and the whaling boat are all in motion. As you turn the handle the waves in the foreground rock from side to side, as does the whaling boat (though out of step with the waves). Suddenly Moby Dick surfaces then dives beneath the waves. This repeats twice more, but on the last occassion Captain Ahab also surfaces attached to the whale by the harpoon line.
[Elsewhere in this album is a video clip added Jan 14th 2015]
From spring 2022 until December 2023 this automaton was on display at the "Museum of Art & Design" (MAD) in Stratford upon Avon.
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Moby Dick diorama
Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, the waves and the whaling boat are all in motion. As you turn the handle the waves in the foreground rock from side to side, as does the whaling boat (though out of step with the waves). Suddenly Moby Dick surfaces then dives beneath the waves. This repeats twice more, but on the last occassion Captain Ahab also surfaces attached to the whale by the harpoon line.
[Elsewhere in this album is a video clip added Jan 14th 2015]
From spring 2022 until December 2023 this automaton was on display at the "Museum of Art & Design" (MAD) in Stratford upon Avon.
Link...