Newhaven Fishermen and English Sailors

Category

Library Item

Item no

4133

Title

Newhaven fishermen and English sailors

Description

English sailors stand beside a group of Newhaven fishermen. The two sailors are wearing boater hats and are leaning against the prow of a boat that has coils of rope around it. A boy is sitting on the ground with his back against the boat. The fishermen are wearing short trousers, long boots and hats.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1845

Size

14.3 x 19.3 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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People > Adults > Men

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People > Children > Boys

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Water > Boats

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