Newhaven fisher laddie and creel

Category

Library Item

Item no

3661

Title

Newhaven fisher laddie and creel

Description

A barefooted boy wearing a hat leans against a creel on top of a stool. The boys trousers are held up with braces. A net is inside the creel.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1847

Size

19.7 x 14.1 cm

Type

Salted paper print

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Newhaven was once a busy and thriving fishing community. Oysters had been cultivated in the River Forth for at least 800 years, and by the late 18th Century, millions were gathered each year as an everyday staple food. The fishermen fished the Firth of Forth and the North Sea, for cod and haddock. They used nets for the herring and creels or nets for crabs and lobsters. They dredged for oysters in the winter months.

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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fishermen

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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