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A boy fishing in a river. Watercolour by Daphne Riley, 1966.
Riley, Daphne, active approximately 1965-66.Date: 12.9.66 [12 September 1966]Reference: 3021007i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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A cod fishing fleet off the coast of Iceland. Tinted lithograph by Le Breton.
Reference: 37591i
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A beached basking shark lying next to a fishing trawler. Etching.
Reference: 41687i
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Two otters on a bank, one with a fish and the other fishing. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 39874i
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Manufacture of fishing equipment. Etching.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 37656i
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Fisher-folk, night-fishing methods, and other equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 493246i
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Sarawak: a Malaysian tribe fishing on the Baram River. Photograph.
Reference: 30479i
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Charles Cotton's fishing house on the Dove River, Beresford Dale, Derbyshire: two men fishing from the banks of the river. Engraving after Wilson.
Reference: 34732i
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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.
Lauri, Filippo, 1623-1694.Date: Feby. 1744Reference: 34820i
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Muriel Robertson fishing for leeches at Elistree.
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Rotorua, New Zealand: trout fishing. Colour process print print.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 533963i
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A child with a fishing rod, attended by an adult man. Colour lithograph in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.
Tosa, Mitsuoki, 1617-1691.Date: 1894Reference: 728859i
Part of: Japanese courtly recreations, sports and entertainments. Colour lithographs in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.
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Men fishing from the banks of the river and from a bridge spanning the water. Engraving after H. Bol.
Bol, Hans, 1534-1593.Date: [1582]Reference: 34725i
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Sarawak: a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Trusan River. Photograph.
Reference: 31111i
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A river in a rocky landscape, with a man fishing and a woman carrying a basket. Etching by F. Vivares, 1754, after G. Martorelli.
Martorelli, Gaetano, 1670-1723.Date: Jany. 15th. 1754Reference: 2803352i
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Bai Sharen couple on a hunting and fishing trip.
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A man seated on the bank of a river fishing with a rod. Etching attributed to W.Y. Ottley, 1828, after W. Bemmel, 1654.
Bemmel, Willem van, 1630-1708.Date: [1828]Reference: 2917463i
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A vertical brown stip traversed by a rust-coloured strip in which men are fishing; with a gate and a fence below. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: 23/6/55 [23 June 1955]Reference: 2969660i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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Two captured salmon dying on a river bank, an angler fishing in the background. Coloured engraving by W. Backshell after A. D. Cooper.
Cooper, Alexander Davis, active 1830-1888.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 2851801i
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A young couple in sixteenth-century costume are sitting in a boat on the water, the man has a fishing rod in his hand. Chromotypograph after Louis Leloir.
Leloir, Alexandre Louis, 1843-1884.Reference: 35194i
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A large family of fisher folk in Naples are gathered together around a fishing boat. Coloured lithograph by Gatti & Dura.
Reference: 30489i
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Two men at sea in a fishing boat: one leans over the side, feeling seasick. Reproduction of a nineteenth century engraving.
Reference: 10755i
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Women with fishing baskets in Bambara, Sierra Leone. Photograph, c. 1911.
Date: [s.n.]Reference: 29698i
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A young man fishing at the edge of a river or lake, accompanied by a young woman and a child. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after F. Zuccarelli, ca. 1762.
Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788.Date: 1762Reference: 2475580i
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A man fishing on a river has caught a fish on the end of his line, the gilly is offering to help reel it in. Coloured wood engraving by E. Froment after J.E. Hodgson.
Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831-1895.Date: 1876Reference: 34727i

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A boy fishing in a river. Watercolour by Daphne Riley, 1966.

A cod fishing fleet off the coast of Iceland. Tinted lithograph by Le Breton.

A beached basking shark lying next to a fishing trawler. Etching.

Two otters on a bank, one with a fish and the other fishing. Coloured lithograph.

Manufacture of fishing equipment. Etching.

Fisher-folk, night-fishing methods, and other equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Sarawak: a Malaysian tribe fishing on the Baram River. Photograph.

Charles Cotton's fishing house on the Dove River, Beresford Dale, Derbyshire: two men fishing from the banks of the river. Engraving after Wilson.

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.

Muriel Robertson fishing for leeches at Elistree.

Rotorua, New Zealand: trout fishing. Colour process print print.

A child with a fishing rod, attended by an adult man. Colour lithograph in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.

Men fishing from the banks of the river and from a bridge spanning the water. Engraving after H. Bol.

Sarawak: a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Trusan River. Photograph.

A river in a rocky landscape, with a man fishing and a woman carrying a basket. Etching by F. Vivares, 1754, after G. Martorelli.

Bai Sharen couple on a hunting and fishing trip.

A man seated on the bank of a river fishing with a rod. Etching attributed to W.Y. Ottley, 1828, after W. Bemmel, 1654.

A vertical brown stip traversed by a rust-coloured strip in which men are fishing; with a gate and a fence below. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.

Two captured salmon dying on a river bank, an angler fishing in the background. Coloured engraving by W. Backshell after A. D. Cooper.

A young couple in sixteenth-century costume are sitting in a boat on the water, the man has a fishing rod in his hand. Chromotypograph after Louis Leloir.

A large family of fisher folk in Naples are gathered together around a fishing boat. Coloured lithograph by Gatti & Dura.

Two men at sea in a fishing boat: one leans over the side, feeling seasick. Reproduction of a nineteenth century engraving.

Women with fishing baskets in Bambara, Sierra Leone. Photograph, c. 1911.

A young man fishing at the edge of a river or lake, accompanied by a young woman and a child. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after F. Zuccarelli, ca. 1762.

A man fishing on a river has caught a fish on the end of his line, the gilly is offering to help reel it in. Coloured wood engraving by E. Froment after J.E. Hodgson.