Angler Gallery

Too Fishy

Unsportsmanlike tactics of a competitor at a recent fishing tournament at Hampstead Ponds. Humorous illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a man with an elaborate fishing contraption. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

© Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

Smoothhand shark, angler fish, burrfish and sawfish bill

Common smoothhand, Mustelus mustelus, Vulnerable 1, angler fish, Lophius piscatorius 2, burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi 3, and bill of a sawfish, Pristis pectinata, critically endangered 4. Un petit haay ou requin, Mustelus laevis, le petit diable marin, Rana piscatrix, un petit poisson rapace des Iles Antilles, la scie ou la corne dentee d'un espadon, Pristis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from a Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities owned by P.L. Muller. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

London Trade Card - William Browne, Fishing Tackle

London Trade Card - William Browne, Fishing Tackle, at the sign of the Fish, Black Horse Alley, near Fleet Bridge.
18th century

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