« 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
- The Fisherman representing the Water
Teniers II, David. The Four Elements in Large Figures - Venetian Fishing Barge
- Venice – Fish Market at the Rialto Bridge
- Representing the Water
Water – Teniers II, David. The Four Elements in Large Figures - Weirotter, Franz Edmund. Fishermen in their Boat
- Angling is the family’s pleasure
for it keeps the paterfamilias’ good spirits
Weirotter, Franz Edmund. At the Lake near Bolsena (Lake Bolsena) - Wrasses – Labrus
and a topical selection within the listing
“ Thank you Mr. Niemeyer – I will take it! … It should look very nice in my new office. Best regards ”
(Mr. J. R. L., January 6, 2006)