Newhaven group

Category

Library Item

Item no

3581

Title

Newhaven group

Description

Four men and a boy are gathered round a boat on the shore. The two men on the left are wearing English sailors uniforms and are holding on to coils of ropes which are hanging from the ship's bow. The other men are Newhaven fishermen.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1847

Size

15.2 x 20 cm

Type

Salted paper print

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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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Boots

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

People > Adults > Men

People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fishermen

People > Children > Boys

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Water > Boats

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