Guets walk past a scene depicting Horta in the Azores, as the Whaling Museum's 1848 Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage 'Round the World, is open for viewing for the first time at the Kilburn Mill at Clarks Cove in the south end of New Bedford, MA. Created by Benjamin Russell and Caleb Purrington in 1848 and measuring 1,275' long, it is considered to be the longest painting in the world, and has not been exhibitied in over 50 years PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
Guets walk past a scene depicting Horta in the Azores, as the Whaling Museum's 1848 Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage 'Round the World, is open for viewing for the first time at the Kilburn Mill at Clarks Cove in the south end of New Bedford, MA. Created by Benjamin Russell and Caleb Purrington in 1848 and measuring 1,275' long, it is considered to be the longest painting in the world, and has not been exhibitied in over 50 years PHOTO PETER PEREIRA