Did Melville indicate how big Moby Dick was?

[psychonaut]

@Trinopus

I have a question about this painting. Are the proportions anywhere near correct, or is this whale’s size exaggerated?

(My untrained sense of proportion is that the whale is much too large, and the painting is exaggerated for dramatic purposes. Also, it’s a very impressive painting!)

That’s not a painting; it’s digital artwork by Chih-Han Hsu. I’m not sure about the whale itself but the figures in the foreground look to be 3D models.

[sciurophobic]

@aceplace57

So how big was Moby Dick’s Dick?

presumably at least as long as a Kentuckian is tall

Chapter 95 - The Cassock

[DrDeth]

@psychonaut

That’s not a painting; it’s digital artwork by Chih-Han Hsu. I’m not sure about the whale itself but the figures in the foreground look to be 3D models.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/9538/5d9d.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/295/c/e/megafauna_size_comparison_mk2_by_harry_the_fox-d2xt9nb.jpg

[Boyo_Jim]

Sometimes a whale is just a whale.

[DocCathode]

@MsKaren

“There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!” so as big as a snow-hill at the hump.

IIRC that it turned out that sailor had actually spotted a giant squid, not the White Whale. Again, IIRC the squid is neither aggressive nor afraid of humans and everybody is a little freaked out.