Newhaven Fishermen "at sea"

Category

Library Item

Item no

20463

Title

Newhaven Fishermen "at sea"

Description

Four people, possible two man and two boys, crew a small wooden fishing boat on open water. The boat has a tall mast and a large sail. At the base of the sail there is a wicker fishing basket.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1845

Size

19.4 x 14.4 cm

Type

Calotype

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Newhaven was founded by James IV in 1504 as a royal dockyard. It became an important fishing village, famous initially for oysters and later herring. An indoor fish market was built there in 1896. Newhaven fishwives, with their distinctive striped clothes, sold their goods around Edinburgh. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson famously photographed these fishwives and other Newhaven residents in the 1840's. The area now has a population of roughly five thousand.

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Landscape > Water > Seas

People > Adults > Men

People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fishermen

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Water > Boats

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