Newhaven Fishermen

Category

Library Item

Item no

4765

Title

Newhaven Fishermen

Description

An image of two Newhaven fishermen in a small boat. One man stands holding an end of the net. He wears a red cap and long black boots. The other man is seated in the boat and holds the other end of the net. He wears a blue hat. Two larger sailing boats can be seen behind them. The image is surrounded by an intricate gold design of birds and butterflies.

Artist / maker

Stewart, J.

Engraver

Lizars

Date

1835

Size

9.2 x 11.3 cm

Type

Engraving

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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