Unsigned watercolor of the "Bark 'Arab' passing Dumpling Rock Light in Buzzard��s Bay, proceeding to sea. The 'Arab' originally hailed from New London, Connecticut, and is reported as having sailed on a whaling cruise to the Pacific in 1867. She was condemned in 1871."
See Allan Forbes, Whale Ships and Whaling Scenes as Portrayed by Benjamin Russell. Presenting Reproductions in Color of the Paintings of the Foremost Artist in That Field (Boston: Printed for the Second Bank-State Street Trust Co, 1955), 47.
