Herman Melville
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Portrait.
Melville, again.
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Seated portrait.
Herman and Elizabeth Melville
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A portrait of Melville and his wife.
Moby-Dick
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The 1851 first edition.
Arrowhead
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Melville's home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Grave
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Melville's headstone in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City.
The white whale!
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A pretty awesome illustration of the star of Moby-Dick.