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Newhaven group
Hill, David Octavius, 1847, Salted paper print
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Title
Newhaven group
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A group of fishermen and fishwives are in front of a wall. Two people are seated and two are standing. The women wear striped skirts, the men wear hats.
Artist / maker
Hill, David Octavius
Date
1847
Size
14.8 x 20 cm
Type
Salted paper print
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Newhaven was a very close-knit community, living and working together in close proximity. Generations found their marriage partners from within the village. Newhaveners called outsiders 'blaggart strangers' and outsiders called Newhaveners 'Bow-Tows'. Bow-Tows was the term for a husband and wife. The husband was the Bow (float) and the wife was the Tow (hemp rope).
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Newhaven: That was then, this is now
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