Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos Over 600 tattoos from books, poetry, music, and other sources.

29Jun/125

Starbuck

This tattoo belongs to r.h.rippe.

This is an illustration of Starbuck from a 1930's illustrated version of Moby-Dick: or, The Whale by Herman Melville. Art by Rockwell Kent.

3May/095

Scarlet Letter / Moby Dick mashup

scarletharpoon

This tattoo belongs to Kristen.  It is the scarlet A (The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne) with a harpoon through it (Moby Dick by Herman Melville).