Fishing Industry Collection (page 9)

Salmon-Fishing on the Restigouche, New Brunswick (engraving)
1043888 Salmon-Fishing on the Restigouche, New Brunswick (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salmon-Fishing on the Restigouche, New Brunswick)

After a Days Sport, examining the Catches in a Competition at a London Angling Club (litho)
1043473 After a Days Sport, examining the Catches in a Competition at a London Angling Club (litho) by Hatherell, William (1855-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: After a Days Sport)

The House of Commons at Portsmouth (engraving)
1049965 The House of Commons at Portsmouth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The House of Commons at Portsmouth)

A Night with the Congers (engraving)
1044277 A Night with the Congers (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Night with the Congers)

The Opening of the International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington
1044252 The Opening of the International Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington, the Archbishop of Canterbury offering Prayer (engraving) by English School

Pecheurs a l epoque de la pierre polie (engraving)
957763 Pecheurs a l epoque de la pierre polie (engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pecheurs a l epoque de la pierre polie)

The Custom-House Dock, Naples (engraving)
969658 The Custom-House Dock, Naples (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Custom-House Dock, Naples)

Scene in Chioggia (engraving)
969403 Scene in Chioggia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene in Chioggia)

Natives of the Isle of Urk, in the Zuider Zee (engraving)
966871 Natives of the Isle of Urk, in the Zuider Zee (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natives of the Isle of Urk, in the Zuider Zee)

Fishing net and harpoon (chromolitho)
977674 Fishing net and harpoon (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing net and harpoon)

Advertisement for fishing tackle (engraving)
971899 Advertisement for fishing tackle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for fishing tackle)

Lady sailors (chromolitho)
964230 Lady sailors (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady sailors (Les Dames Marinieres), 15th-century France

Long-Line Fishing for Cod in the North Sea (engraving)
1062174 Long-Line Fishing for Cod in the North Sea (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Long-Line Fishing for Cod in the North Sea)

A Royal Salmon-Fisher, HRH the Duchess of Fife Salmon-Fishing on the Dee at Mar Lodge (litho)
1063140 A Royal Salmon-Fisher, HRH the Duchess of Fife Salmon-Fishing on the Dee at Mar Lodge (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Royal Salmon-Fisher)

The War, Town of Sedan, with Overflow of the Meuse (engraving)
1104627 The War, Town of Sedan, with Overflow of the Meuse (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War, Town of Sedan, with Overflow of the Meuse)

Ocean fish (coloured engraving)
1090890 Ocean fish (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ocean fish. Illustration for A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith)

Something on each way, a fish tragedy (litho)
1090740 Something on each way, a fish tragedy (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Something on each way, a fish tragedy)

Luncheon hour on the Thames Embankment (litho)
1090718 Luncheon hour on the Thames Embankment (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Luncheon hour on the Thames Embankment)

Englishmen in Colorado (engraving)
729002 Englishmen in Colorado (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Englishmen in Colorado - fishing for breakfast)

Sketches in Braemar (engraving)
728426 Sketches in Braemar (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in Braemar: salmon spearing on the Dee)

Beach
LLM460527 Beach by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beach. Illustration for Warnes Picture Puzzle Toy Book (c 1880). Note cut-outs stuck onto pictures

Drawing the net (engraving)
816236 Drawing the net (engraving) by Thompson, Jacob (1806-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drawing the Net at Haweswater)

Hampton Court on the River Thames (chromolitho)
734069 Hampton Court on the River Thames (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hampton Court on the River Thames, 14 miles from London Bridge)

Ancient Pagoda on the Perfume River in Vietnam (chromolitho)
735458 Ancient Pagoda on the Perfume River in Vietnam (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Pagoda on the Perfume River in Vietnam)

Life in the Village (chromolitho)
734523 Life in the Village (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Life in the Village)

Fishing with Cormorants (engraving)
664756 Fishing with Cormorants (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing with Cormorants)

Enterance to Marine Drive, Scarborough (colour litho)
667891 Enterance to Marine Drive, Scarborough (colour litho) by Quinton, Alfred Robert (1853-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entrance to Marine Drive, Scarborough.); © Look and Learn

Dramatic rescue in the Venice lagoon of a milkewalker boat that a floe... (colour litho)
2815614 Dramatic rescue in the Venice lagoon of a milkewalker boat that a floe... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sad Christmas, sailing ship sunk in Genoa by a large German steamer and dramatic crew rescue (colour litho)
2815610 Sad Christmas, sailing ship sunk in Genoa by a large German steamer and dramatic crew rescue (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sad Christmas)

La Peche Aux Crevettes (colour photo)
2817560 La Peche Aux Crevettes (colour photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Peche Aux Crevettes)

The dramas of the sea, shipwreck, with five victims, of the fishing boat I remember at the port of Pesaro (colour litho)
2815217 The dramas of the sea, shipwreck, with five victims, of the fishing boat I remember at the port of Pesaro (colour litho) by Beltrame

An exciting and dramatic fishing on the coast of Brittany (colour litho)
2814959 An exciting and dramatic fishing on the coast of Brittany (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pecheries sur le Volga (engraving)
2814442 Pecheries sur le Volga (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pecheries sur le Volga. Illustration for Le Tour Du Monde (Hachette, 1867 1H)

Pecheurs de la cote de Dieppe (colour litho)
2780259 Pecheurs de la cote de Dieppe (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pecheurs de la cote de Dieppe)

Salmon-Fishing on the Rhine, signalling the Arrival of the Fish (engraving)
2773438 Salmon-Fishing on the Rhine, signalling the Arrival of the Fish (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salmon-Fishing on the Rhine)

Peche Aux Crevettes (colour litho)
2798866 Peche Aux Crevettes (colour litho) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peche Aux Crevettes)

The Christmas of the sailors, far and alone across the oceans (colour litho)
2798850 The Christmas of the sailors, far and alone across the oceans (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Christmas of sailors)

The Living Bait (Colour Litho)
2778512 The Living Bait (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The living bait. The islanders of Kishm, in the Persian Gulf)

A new kind of peach (colour litho)
2783683 A new kind of peach (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A new kind of fishing)

Le Cormoran (engraving)
2788979 Le Cormoran (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Cormoran. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 18 December 1892)

Fishing for sturgeon (chromolitho)
2788762 Fishing for sturgeon (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing for sturgeon. Liebig card, published in late 19th or early 20th century)

Modes divers de peche dans le Pe-tche-li (engraving)
2789967 Modes divers de peche dans le Pe-tche-li (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modes divers de peche dans le Pe-tche-li)

Procession of fishermen at Paimpol, Brittany (colour litho)
2818844 Procession of fishermen at Paimpol, Brittany (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Procession of fishermen at Paimpol, Brittany)

Pecheuses de Crevettes (Shrimp Fisherwomen) (colour litho)
3098623 Pecheuses de Crevettes (Shrimp Fisherwomen) (colour litho) by Billet, Pierre Celestin (1837-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pecheuses de Crevettes (Shrimp Fisherwomen)

Fishing at Lowestoft (colour photo)
3096285 Fishing at Lowestoft (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing at Lowestoft. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Le Charlutier (colour litho)
3094294 Le Charlutier (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Charlutier)

Harbour, Sainte Maxime, Cote D Azur (b / w photo)
3093680 Harbour, Sainte Maxime, Cote D Azur (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harbour, Sainte Maxime, Cote D Azur. Postcard, early 20th century)

Arrest of poachers by the police boat La Mouette on the River Seine in Paris (colour litho)
3097347 Arrest of poachers by the police boat La Mouette on the River Seine in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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The fishing industry is a vibrant and diverse sector that spans across continents, providing livelihoods for countless communities. From the picturesque lobster pots stacked on the Strahan wharf in Tasmania's west coastline to the bustling harbor of Porthleven in Cornwall, England, this industry thrives on both small-scale operations and large-scale enterprises. An elevated view of the charming fishing village of Staithes in North Yorkshire, England showcases the idyllic beauty that surrounds these coastal communities. Meanwhile, Kirkwall harbor offers a glimpse into the rich maritime heritage that has shaped Scotland's fishing industry. Delving into history, Edward Donovan's handcolored copperplate engravings from his Natural History of British Fishes transport us back to London in 1802-1808 when scientific exploration was at its peak. The image captures a Greater weever or sting-bull fish (Trachinus major), highlighting the diversity found within our oceans. Transitioning to more contemporary scenes, we witness Brixham quays before their transformation with a new fish market. This snapshot reminds us of how infrastructure evolves alongside an ever-changing industry. Traveling further afield brings us to Weligama in Sri Lanka where stilt fishermen patiently wait for their catch at dusk. Their unique method reflects not only their skill but also their deep connection with nature and tradition. Exploring marine life reveals fascinating species such as sea stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia) and Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus - showcasing nature's intricate designs beneath the waves. Venturing along Italy's Cinque Terre coastline villages evokes images of colorful houses perched precariously above crystal-clear waters – reminding us that fishing communities are often intertwined with tourism and cultural heritage. Billingsgate Porters stand as stalwarts within London's iconic Billinsgate Market – guardians of centuries-old traditions while adapting to modern demands. Their dedication ensures fresh seafood reaches the city's tables.