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  • Fishing: nets for river fishing. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: rod and line fishing in runnng waters. Etching, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: seine-fishing for shad, with two dragnets . Etching, ca.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • An allegory of fishing: rods and lines for river fishing. Engraving, c.1780?.
  • Manufacture of fishing equipment. Etching.
  • Fishing: two men fishing from a boat in a river (top), and plans and elevations of the boat and net (below) Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: net-makers' equipment and tools. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: net-makers' equipment and tools. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: hook-makers' equipment and tools. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Muriel Robertson fishing for leeches at Elistree.
  • Fishing: three different designs of net. Engraving, c.1762, by R. Benard after J.L. Goussier.
  • Charles Cotton's fishing house on the Dove River, Beresford Dale, Derbyshire: two men fishing from the banks of the river. Engraving after Wilson.
  • Bai Sharen couple on a hunting and fishing trip.
  • A fishing boat is out on the water, men on the bank haul in a large fishing net. Engraving by J. Mason after F. Lauri.
  • Fishing: different sizes of hook and knots to accompany them. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Sarawak: a Malaysian tribe fishing on the Baram River. Photograph.
  • Fishing: structures designed to trap fish brought in by the tides. Etching, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A beached basking shark lying next to a fishing trawler. Etching.
  • Women with fishing baskets in Bambara, Sierra Leone. Photograph, c. 1911.
  • Fishing: trawling for shad, three-quarter view (top), and plan (below) Engraving, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: hook-makers at work (top) and various kinds of hook (below) Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: people smoking herrings and sardines; pots and nets for trapping them. Etching, ca.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Two Chinese fishermen in their boat, fishing by moonlight. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Sarawak: a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Trusan River. Photograph.
  • A cod fishing fleet off the coast of Iceland. Tinted lithograph by Le Breton.
  • Two otters on a bank, one with a fish and the other fishing. Coloured lithograph.
  • The public baths and fishing boats, Brighton beach. Line engraving by S. Rawle after J. Nixon.
  • Men in fishing boats near a harbour. Etching attributed to F. Vivares after C.J. Vernet.
  • Sadler's Wells Theatre in the background: anglers fishing in the New River in the foreground. Etching, post 1900.
  • Men are fishing for whale in small boats with harpoons; larger sailing ships are in the distance. Aquatint.