This artwork honors Laurent Clerc's anniversary of when he arrived in NYC on August 9, 1816. Clerc rode on a boat from France for 52 days with Thomas H. Gallaudet. Among the stories he recorded in his journal was that he could not eat duck because he saw ducks devouring mice on the ride over.
Diary of Laurent Clerc
mixed medium on canvas. 16 x 20 in.