« The hound some praise and some the Hawk:
Some better pleased with private sport, Use tennis some a Mistress court:
But these delights I neither wish Nor envy while I freely fish. »
William Andrew Chatto, The Angler’s Souvenir, 1845
Fishing & Angling
in drawings prints and books
- Herring (in a fishing house on Rügen), Smoking
- Heyn, Ernst Friedrich. Fishermen hauling in their nets on Lake Zurich
- So strange :
Hogarth, William. Shrimps! The crab-girl - Keller, Ferdinand. Dolce Far Niente
- The Fishing Experience in Canada :
King, W(illiam). Ross. The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada - Mönchgut – Mönchgut Costumes (at the fishing boats on the beach)
- Neustadt Fishing Boats
- Nile – Heterotis nilotica. Westafrican Arowana
- Oyster Culture on Santa Lucia in Naples (Ludwig Dill)
- Pomeranian Fisherman patching the Nets
and a topical selection within the listing
“ … that I have received the parcel in good order. Very well and professional packed indeed. The litho of Mourot is according to my expectations. The drawing is rare. Colouring most probably same time … ”
(Mr. P. v. d. W., June 26, 2003)