Line Fishing Collection (#8)

Fishing for swordfish of the coast of Sicily (engraving)
3627325 Fishing for swordfish of the coast of Sicily (engraving) by Durand-Brager, Jean Baptiste Henri (1814-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing for swordfish of the coast of Sicily)

Twenty ballads stuck about the wall (engraving)
3625371 Twenty ballads stuck about the wall (engraving) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Twenty ballads stuck about the wall)

Mr Margraves shop (engraving)
3625359 Mr Margraves shop (engraving) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Margraves shop)

Ancient Egyptian fishermen (coloured engraving)
3630006 Ancient Egyptian fishermen (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Egyptian fishermen)

Archduke Maximilian of Austria fishing (engraving)
3646311 Archduke Maximilian of Austria fishing (engraving) by Burgkmair, Hans (c.1473-1531) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Archduke Maximilian of Austria fishing)

Scotch Fishwife (colour photo)
3642987 Scotch Fishwife (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scotch Fishwife. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Trawlers in dock, Fleetwood (colour photo)
3096675 Trawlers in dock, Fleetwood (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trawlers in dock, Fleetwood)

Catching tadpoles (colour litho)
3092841 Catching tadpoles (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Catching tadpoles. Educational poster, c 1930.); © Look and Learn

Advertisement for Cordings Dreadnought waterproof coats and capes (litho)
3104956 Advertisement for Cordings Dreadnought waterproof coats and capes (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Woman with fish baskets, Llangwm (colour photo)
3102301 Woman with fish baskets, Llangwm (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman with fish baskets, Llangwm)

An Extraordinary Tuna Fishing In The Isolapiana Tuna, Sardinia (colour litho)
2798315 An Extraordinary Tuna Fishing In The Isolapiana Tuna, Sardinia (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

A nice gesture from the King (colour litho)
2809151 A nice gesture from the King (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A nice gesture from the King)

Four adventurous Milanese boys, armed with lines and a candle, descended from a... (colour litho)
2783632 Four adventurous Milanese boys, armed with lines and a candle, descended from a... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Une peche a l espadon (engraving)
2783330 Une peche a l espadon (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Une peche a l espadon)

La peche aux mulets sur la plage de la Longue-Ile (Etats-Unis) (engraving)
2783315 La peche aux mulets sur la plage de la Longue-Ile (Etats-Unis) (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Jaguar Pecheur (engraving)
2783089 Jaguar Pecheur (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jaguar Pecheur. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 10 May 1891.); © Look and Learn

Sketches at Hastings (engraving)
1616485 Sketches at Hastings (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at Hastings)

Oyster-beds at Santa Lucia (engraving)
969647 Oyster-beds at Santa Lucia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oyster-beds at Santa Lucia)

An Anxious Moment (engraving)
1622547 An Anxious Moment (engraving) by Price, Julius Mandes (1857-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Anxious Moment. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 17 May 1884)

Disputes between British and Foreign Fishermen, a Belgian Trawler cutting through English Herring Nets (engraving)
1624810 Disputes between British and Foreign Fishermen, a Belgian Trawler cutting through English Herring Nets (engraving) by English School

The French Sardine Industry (engraving)
1627104 The French Sardine Industry (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The French Sardine Industry)

Sketches in the Life of Mr Fawcett (engraving)
1622896 Sketches in the Life of Mr Fawcett (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in the Life of Mr Fawcett)

Leaves from a Norwegian Note-Book (engraving)
1594996 Leaves from a Norwegian Note-Book (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leaves from a Norwegian Note-Book)

Round the World Yachting in the "Ceylon", XVII, Manila (engraving)
1060782 Round the World Yachting in the " Ceylon", XVII, Manila (engraving) by Fripp, Charles Edwin (1854-1906); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fishermen and sailors (chromolitho)
964348 Fishermen and sailors (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishermen and sailors (pecheurs et mariniers); France, end of the 16th century

Scenes of Life in the Backwoods (b / w photo)
1038945 Scenes of Life in the Backwoods (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes of Life in the Backwoods)

Sketches suggested by the Closing of the International Fisheries Exhibition (engraving)
1107290 Sketches suggested by the Closing of the International Fisheries Exhibition (engraving) by Courbould, Alfred (fl.1831-75); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sketches of Peasant Life in Hungary (engraving)
1107190 Sketches of Peasant Life in Hungary (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of Peasant Life in Hungary)

A Days Fishing on the Teign (engraving)
1107153 A Days Fishing on the Teign (engraving) by Bothams, Walter (fl.1882-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Days Fishing on the Teign)

Fishing-Boats on the River at Fusan, Corea (engraving)
1048145 Fishing-Boats on the River at Fusan, Corea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing-Boats on the River at Fusan, Corea)

Prince Leopold as The Fisher (engraving)
982453 Prince Leopold as The Fisher (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fisher, a depiction of His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, by Mrs Thornycroft)

A Fishing Expedition (colour litho)
981859 A Fishing Expedition (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Fishing Expedition.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

A fishing party of Antis Indians (engraving)
967984 A fishing party of Antis Indians (engraving) by Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A fishing party of Antis Indians)

Chinese mode of fishing (engraving)
967348 Chinese mode of fishing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese mode of fishing)

Fisher-folk, Mentone (engraving)
966939 Fisher-folk, Mentone (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fisher-folk, Mentone)

Life at St Georges Caye, near Belize, British Honduras (engraving)
1055068 Life at St Georges Caye, near Belize, British Honduras (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Life at St Georges Caye, near Belize)

The Last of the International Fisheries Exhibition, the Prince of Wales declaring the Exhibition closed (engraving)
1044570 The Last of the International Fisheries Exhibition, the Prince of Wales declaring the Exhibition closed (engraving) by English School

Royal Fete at the Fisheries Exhibition in Aid of the Funds for the Erection of an English Church at Berlin (engraving)
1044743 Royal Fete at the Fisheries Exhibition in Aid of the Funds for the Erection of an English Church at Berlin (engraving) by English School

A Boat Excursion on the Macleay River, New South Wales (engraving)
1044295 A Boat Excursion on the Macleay River, New South Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Boat Excursion on the Macleay River, New South Wales)

Sardine Fishing and Curing (engraving)
1052506 Sardine Fishing and Curing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sardine Fishing and Curing)

St Davids Cathedral (colour litho)
977958 St Davids Cathedral (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales)

Cornish "Huer"(engraving)
962173 Cornish " Huer" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cornish " Huer")

Fishing for weapons in the Seine, April 1871 (engraving)
958826 Fishing for weapons in the Seine, April 1871 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing for weapons in the Seine, April 1871)

Fishing on the Norfolk Broads (coloured engraving)
728424 Fishing on the Norfolk Broads (coloured engraving) by Staniland, Charles J. (1838-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing on the Norfolk Broads)

The Shell Fish Old Woman (colour litho)
5995922 The Shell Fish Old Woman (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shell Fish Old Woman)

Sketches in Treport, a Norman Watering-Place (litho)
1597927 Sketches in Treport, a Norman Watering-Place (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in Treport, a Norman Watering-Place)

Sport in Alaska, with Salmon and Bear (engraving)
1597903 Sport in Alaska, with Salmon and Bear (engraving) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sport in Alaska, with Salmon and Bear)

Beel-Fishing in Assam (engraving)
1603136 Beel-Fishing in Assam (engraving) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beel-Fishing in Assam. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 16 May 1891)

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Line fishing is a traditional method of catching fish that has been practiced for centuries. It involves using a fishing line with bait or lures attached to it, which is then cast into the water and left to attract fish. This technique can be seen in various forms of art throughout history. One such depiction is found in Edward Donovan's Natural History of British Fishes, where he showcases the Greater weever, also known as the sting-bull. The hand-colored copperplate engraving beautifully captures the intricacies of this fascinating species. In contrast, an advertisement for the Seasalter & Ham Oyster Fishery Company transports us to Whitstable, Kent, renowned for its native oysters. The lithograph highlights the importance of sustainable fishing practices and celebrates the bounty of these delicious shellfish. Moving forward in time, Valencia Beach comes alive in a vibrant oil painting from 1916. Towing in their boat amidst crashing waves and seagulls soaring overhead, fishermen brave the elements to bring home their catch. The River Tees at Rokeby presents a serene scene from around 1860. Here we see tranquility reflected on canvas as fishermen patiently wait along its banks for their lines to yield results. Fast-forwarding again brings us to Fisherman's Paradise; painted during World War II by an unknown artist who sought solace through art during challenging times. This poignant oil painting serves as a reminder of how nature can provide respite even amidst turmoil. Further south lies Martigues captured by Charles Malfroy's brushstrokes; his view immortalized on wood depicts bustling activity within this picturesque coastal town - including fishermen hard at work casting their nets into azure waters. Louis Nattero's Pecheurs ravauding the nets takes us back to Marseille once more; his artwork showcasing fishermen meticulously repairing their nets after a day out at sea – ensuring they are ready for future expeditions.