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Newhaven fishwife
Hill, David Octavius, 1847, Salted paper print
Newhaven fishwife
Newhaven fishwife
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Item no
3674
Title
Newhaven fishwife
Description
A woman stands beside a wicker creel. The fisherwoman wears a bonnet, shawl and a striped skirt and apron. A small metal can is in front of the creel.
A woman stands beside a wicker creel. The fisherwoman wears a bonnet, shawl and a striped skirt and apron. A small metal can is in front of the creel.
Artist / maker
Hill, David Octavius
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Date
1847
Size
20.9 x 15.2 cm
Type
Salted paper print
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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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.
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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An Hundred Pictures in Calotype by Hill & Adamson
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