Newhaven fisherboys

Category

Library Item

Item no

4151

Title

Newhaven fisherboys

Description

A group of eight fisherboys from Newhaven, Edinburgh gather round a wooden boat. They are all wearing tammy hats, some have leather boots and others are bare footed. One boy is sitting on a wooden stool and another on a creel.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1845

Size

14.2 x 19.9 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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Agriculture and fisheries > Equipment > Creels

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fishermen

People > Children > Boys

People > Children > Child labourers

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Water > Boats

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