Bait Collection

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
Oil painting on canvas by John Gerrad Keulemans (undated). 229 x 205

Racial / Iroquois Fishing
Hiawatha goes fishing in his canoe; " Take my bait, O king of fishes! "

Rich Woman fishes for suitors
Leap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught

The Mother Fish
This illustration shows a mother fish teaching her children about the worm bait on a hook, accompanied with a caption translated from French, The worm, my children, is generally good only so far

Japan - Fishing Tackle Shop
Fishing Tackle Shop, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Miss Dowson, Angler
Miss M. S. Dowson won the ladies competition in a fly and bait casting tournament held at Norwood in London. Date: 1931

Comic postcard, Travelling on rollerskates, pulled by a tortoise Date: early 20th century

Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s

Big game hunting, tiger hunt in India - a series
Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s. One of 10 images listed

Comic postcard, Little girl fishing at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Fish avoids worm and hook Date: 20th century

Cartoon, Political Anglers - Tory politicians Lord Salisbury and Randolph Churchill discuss where they obtained their bait (ie political policies)

Shad, anchovy, and fishermen fishing with nets
Shad, Alosa alosa 137 and anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus 138. Fishermen scattering bait with a wooden spoon to fish in a net

Black rat, Rattus rattus (Mus rattus), caught in a mousetrap. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Poster, fishing bait, water bread, made of blood, dried fruit, caramel, oily flour. late 19th century

Bait fisherman, Kent
A fisherman sucks up lug worm bait with a vacuum device on the beach at Dungeness, Kent, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Fishing, River Thames, Windsor
Three fishermen beside the River Thames at Windsor, Berkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Bait digging, Lorient, France
A man digs bait at low tide amidst the rotting wooden piles on a beach near Lorent, Brittany, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Palace in Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Palace (probably the Bait Shaikh Salman Historic Palace) in Manama, capital of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Peter Deane, expert fly dresser -- close-up as he begins to construct a salmon fly. He taught himself the skill from a book after being confined to a wheelchair by polio

Gone fishing with cheese as bait - humorous scene
" What sort of bait are you using, Billie?" " A bit of cheese rind." " What are you trying t catch - Mice?" !!! Date: 1895

Pteffel, poet of the 13th century, fishing for his beloved. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 302r. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany

Decapterus macarellus, or Mackerel Scad, also known as Horse Mackarel, Buck Mackarel and Canorum. Date: 1863

Naval engagement off Heligoland by G. H. Davis
The smart naval engagement off Heligoland: the destruction of German light cruisers and torpedo boats, shown in a series of drawings made from sketches by an eye witness. 1

Nursery Rhymes -- man fishing, boy on road
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man fishing. Below -- a little boy walking along a road in the dusk. Date: early 20th century

Baby Scouts -- fishing
Baby Scouts -- A baby scout his pole will sometimes take, and fish for salmon on the silver lake. Date: 1900

They Capture a huge Albatross
Sailors on the deck of a ship reel in an albatross; the large white bird had been enticed by the bait put on the end of the line

The Bite
Cartoon, The Bite. A striking example of how patience is sometimes rewarded in angling circles. A bird takes the bait from a man fishing

Fable / Trouts & Gudgeon
TWO TROUTS & THE GUDGEON A mother trout warns its young about the dangers of eating a fly whereupon a gudgeon seizes the fly and falls victim to the fishermans bait

Little Fish & the Fisher
THE LITTLE FISH AND THE FISHERMAN: a tiddler tries to persuade a fisher to let him grow into a big trout, worth catching, but the man prefers to keep what he has

Bait Ad Din / Bettedin
The Emirs palace at Bait-ad- din (Beteddin)

Smoking in Greenwich C19
Gentlemen (under the influence of white bait) enjoy a relaxing smoke by the Thames after a convivial meal in Greenwich

Greenwich Smokers C19
Gentlemen (under the influence of white bait) enjoy a relaxing smoke by the Thames after a convivial meal in Greenwich

Nicole Maurey in Shorts
NICOLE MAUREY in high heels wears tiny tight checked shorts which reveal her shapely legs & a skin tight sweater to emphasize her charms

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