SOLD Original Cabinet Card - CC040 The Mark of the Leviathan

In the winter of 1887, Captain Alistair Crowcombe returned alone from the whaling vessel Belladonna, its crew vanished without trace. Witnesses swore he stepped onto the dock at Whitby with that strange circlet already clasped to his brow — a living creature whose tentacles pulsed faintly, as though tasting the air.

Crowcombe would not speak of the voyage, save to murmur that they had "sailed beyond the edges of the charted sea." His eyes took on a tidewater gleam, and the harbor’s gulls grew silent when he passed. Within weeks, the tides began to rise at odd hours, and those who ventured into the fog reported hearing the beating of colossal wings beneath the waves.

No one dared remove the creature from his head, for it seemed to tighten when approached, and the Captain would only smile thinly and whisper: "It has chosen me."

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Colin Batty is an artist from Manchester, UK. He has worked on countless cool projects including Tim Burton's, Mars Attacks, the Oscar nominated short, The Sandman, Eddie Murphy's, The PJ's and many, many more. Colin has contributed to Freakybuttrue for many years and graces this site with his amazing designs, incredible sculptures, comics and his world famous cabinet card paintings and so much more.

Each original cabinet card is a genuine one hundred year old (or more) photograph on which Colin directly paints. Photographs of this age are often creased, scratched, deteriorated, and otherwise worn. Colin often utilizes the character of the wear to find inspiration.

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