Fish Collection (page 23)

Echidna nebulosa, clouded eel
Ff. 172. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated echidna variegata murona and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Galaxias argenteus, giant kokopu
Ff. 235. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ff. 219 sketch by George Forster
Ff. 219. Pencil skecth by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75). Annotated Perca boops

Lutjanus fulvus, blacktail snapper
Ff. 213. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Billingsgate fish market 1862
Billingsgate fish market, early morning trade, fish being sold by auction. Date: 1862

Herring boats in Yarmouth 1861
Early morning arrival of the first herring boats in Yarmouth. Date: 1861

Nothing Doing!, by Lawson Wood
A pelican trying to eat the fish he has caught. Date: 930

Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1849
Interior of the Billingsgate Fish Market, London, showing a large number of traders and porters with baskets of fish. Date: 1849

Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1876
Exterior of the then new Billingsgate Fish Market in London, 1876. In the foreground of this image one can see a large number of boats and lighters on the River Thames. Date: 1876

Billingsgate Fish Market, London 1886
Interior of the Billingsgate Fish Market in London. Traders viewing fish and porters bringing crates of fish, on their heads, into the market. Date: 1886

The Columbia Fish Market, London, 1870
Opening of the Columbia Fish Market, Bethnal Green, London. Date: 1870

Chinese fishing boats 1857
River life among the Chinese, fishermen raising a large baskets. Date: 1857

Fish Street Hill and Fire-Brigade
Fish Street Hill looking south towards The Monument (far left). Date: 1835

PLAICE AND LEMON
A plate of plaice on a bed of lemon slices, garnished with parsley. Date: 1930s

Raw cod as cooking ingredient
Raw cod on a cutting board, ready to be garnished with parsley and beetroot. Date: 1930s

MACKERELS IN SAUCE
Mackerels in sauce served with fresh bread. Date: 1960s

FISH CAKE
Fish cake in sauce, garnished with lemon and parsley and served on a fashionable glass plate. Date: 1940s

FISH MARKET / FRANCE 1930S
A fish market in Boulogne Date: 1930s

FOUNTAIN, 1820
An ornamental fountain with a motif of shells and fish. Date: 1820

STURGEON CAVIAR EXTRACT
Caviar is taken from sturgeon at Astrakhan. Date: 1913

SHELLFISH PLATTER
Buisson de coquillages - a magnificently presented shellfish platter. Date: late 19th century

SALMON W / MAYONNAISE
Salmon with mayonnaise. Date: late 19th century

FISH MARKET / HOLLAND
A fish market on the quay of a Dutch seaport. Date: circa 1600

CHILDREN FISHING 1889
Four children out fishing in a stream. Date: 1889

HASLEMERE / FISH SHOP 1903
Haslemere, Surrey: a country fishmongers shop Date: 1903

FRENCH FISHWIFE / 1850
A French fishwife Date: 1850

MACKEREL SELLER, LONDON
A woman street trader of fresh mackerel sells door to door Date: 1795

PEKING LANTERN MERCHANT
A lantern merchant in Peking shows a decorative lantern to a customer; other fine lanterns hang in the shop, some in the shape of fish Date: circa 1840

UN POISSON DAVRIL
Lady and fish Date: 1918

TRADERS AT BILLINSGATE
Traders at Billingsgate fish market auctioning the latest catch. Date: 1870

MARGATE OYSTER SELLER
A street oyster-seller at night in Margate, a popular seaside resort in Kent Date: 1879

LONDON OYSTER SELLER
A street oyster-seller offers his wares at sixpence a dozen - and observes that they are going strong ! Date: 1896

OYSTERS C16 PARIS
A Paris oyster-seller Date: circa 1570

BILLINGSGATE - DORE 5
Setting out the fish at BILLINGSGATE market Date: 1870

BILLINGSGATE - DORE 4
Porters, merchants and customers at BILLINGSGATE fish market Date: 1870

BILLINSGATE FISH MARKET
BILLINGSGATE fish market, London : landing the days catch Date: 1870

FISH MARKET / VIENNA
The central hall in the fish market of Vienna Date: 1866

SPRATTS PET SHOP WINDOW
Ss Kresge & Co pet shop window advertising gold fish, Spratts dog cakes, popular music sheets and the Pet Department in the basement. Date: 1930s

Method of curing anchovies in Sicily 1834
In the Mediterranean Sea, the anchovy is chiefly taken at night; large fires are lighted on rafts, which attracts the fish, engraving showing men a cellars packing anchovies in barrels in salt

DOROTHY JEFFREY / CORNISH
Dorothy Jeffrey (nee Pentreath) Allegedly the last speaker of Cornish. Date: 1685 - 1777

Monks at Dinner
Friday Though they have vowed to eat no meat on Friday, monks are allowed plenty of wine with their Friday meal of fish

BLUNT / PISCES / PLATE 49
The constellation of Pisces, the fish. Date: 1849

BLUNT / CAPRICORN / 47 / 1849
The constellation of Capricorn, this version has the head, shoulders and fore- legs of a goat and the hind body and tail of a fish. Date: 1849

LONDON OYSTER STALL
A London oyster stall Date: circa 1900

Golden Hind (Ford)
The ship of sir Francis Drake, formerly named Pelican Date: 1577

Oyster Day 1851
Oyster Day, 25th July (also St James Day) children sell oysters in the street to mark the beginning of the season Date: 1851

Sale of the fish 1869
Early morning fish selling in France. Date: 1869

Fantasy Animals - Neptune
Hippocampi, beasts who were half horse, half fish, draw Neptunes chariot across the sea. Date: circa 1860

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