Fish Collection (page 79)

Billingsgate
Fishing boats bring their catch to the quayside at Billingsgate fish market

Ghana - Fish Drying Kilns

Trout and Frog Aldin
A trout smiles up at a frog, little knowing that someone is trying to catch him!

Clergyman with Fish Rod
A clergyman sets off on a fishing expedition

Zodiac Tile / Pisces
Hand painted Illustration on an original glazed clay tile, possibly used as a floor tile, approx 25cm x 25cm

Lear / Nonsense / Wales
There was a Young Lady of Wales, who caught a large fish without scales; When she lifted her hook, she exclaimed, Only look! that ecstatic Young Lady of Wales

Fish Sailing Couple 1939
A sailor, with his female companion, find a far more interesting way to sail the seas, on the back of a fish. The steering wheel must be of invaluable assistance

Lear / Nonsense / South
There was an Old Man of the South, who had an immederate mouth; But in swallowing a dish, that was quite full of fish, he was choked, that Old Man of the South

Fish
Illustration of colourful fish on a fishing line, and swimming in the sea

Port Said - Water Carriers
A Water carrier fills up his water skin at a street standpipe in Port Said, Egypt

Fishmonger and Poulterer on Elizabeth St
Brames - A Fishmonger and Poulterer on Elizabeth Street, Pimlico, London

The Metamorphosis of the Herring by A. K. Macdonald
Two contrasting illustrations. The first shows workers at a quayside or harbour - perhaps Grimsby, sorting a catch of herrings just brought in by a fishing trawler

A village on the river Prah during the 2nd Ashanti War
On their march towards the Ashanti capital of Kumasi, British soldiers watch the peaceful scene of women catching fish and tritons in the river Prah

Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1852
Engraving showing the, then recently opened, Billingsgate Fish Market on the north bank of the River Thames, in London, 1852

Old Billingsgate Fish Market, London, c. 1875
Engraving showing the exterior of the Old Billingsgate Fish Market in London, viewed from the River Thames, c.1875. In the foreground of this image one can see the sailing fishing boats

Catching fish in an old boot
A humourous painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a lad fishing by a stream (ignoring the warning sign!) having far more success catching fish in his boot

An Osprey launches of a perch
An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) launching into flight with a caught fish secured in its talons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Grandfather and Grandson go fishing
A Grandfather and his Grandson go fishing in a stream with nets on long poles. The young lad, wearing blue dungarees, catches a big one!

Fishing Smacks at Billingsgate, London, 1882
Engraving showing some fishing smacks moored beside Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1882. On the right of the image, some porters appear to be landing the catch from the boats

The Humorist Summer No
A rotund couple dive off their respective boats in perfect symmetry scaring aware fish and quite unaware of the paddling crowds nearer to the beach

East End Chip Shop
Hungry Londoners buy supper at an East-End fried fish shop

America. The Chinese in San Francisco. A Joss-house, or Chin
Interior hung with silks and decorated with chinese vases and table carved with animal and fish figures for Chinese traditional worship

American Indian Country. Spearing fish at night
Scene on the lakes of New Brunswick showing white settlers fishing Indian style

Mary Robinson Buttermere
MARY ROBINSON, known as the Maid of Buttermere, daughter of the landlord of the Fish inn, seduced by Hatfield, con man, hanged for forgery 1803. Celebrated by Wordsworth

Whale Eating Fish / 1555
A whale eating fish

Spain Granada
Street scene in the fish market

Down to the Sea
Tom sees three little girls swimming with fish under the water

Tom Jumps out of Water
Tom swims with the tide towards a life buoy and skips three feet in the air out of the waves

Preparing Sprats
Photograph of a student at the National Societys Training College for Teachers of Domestic Economy, preparing a dish of fried sprats garnished with lemon & parsley

LOWESTOFT - 1890
The Fish Market Lowestoft Suffolk

Peace by Frank Reynolds
A young boy sits peacefully fishing

The Great Temple of Madura, India, 1930
Photograph showing the monumental sculpture of the Hindu Temple at Madura, India, c.1930. This temple was dedicated to Siva (Sundareshwara) and the fish-eyed goddess Minakshi

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

The Fish & the Cormorant
THE FISH AND THE CORMORANT An elderly cormorant, unable to see, tricks the fish into being borne by him to a safe place, a shallow pond from where he can eat his fill

Fishing & Flute-Playing
A shepherd plays a flute on the banks of a river while his companion fishes (illustration to the fable The Fish & the Shepherd Flute-Player )

Monsters of the Deep by Edwin Roberts
A group of Edwardian children peer inquisitively at the catch of a fisherman who has arrived back at a harbour with a haul of lobster, other crustaceans, eels and rather monstrous-looking fish

Cormorant & the Fishes
THE CORMORANT & THE FISHES The cormorant, having told the fish he would ferry them to safety in his beak, eats them at his leisure

Seafood Stall 1950S
A fish stall at Brixham, Devon, England, selling oysters, crabs and shrimps, etc

Skiathos Town, Greece
Skiathos Town, Skiathos, Greece. Fishing boats, tour boats and fish restaurants line the harbour

Sacred Fish, Peru
The pool of sacred fish at Ayacucho, Peru

The Crimean Tartar Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Crimean Tartar Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Imperial Saloon, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of the Imperial Saloon on Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880

The Czars Bedroom, SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs bedroom on his steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. Extremely lavishly fitted out, this yacht was given a radical design

SY Livadia, 1880
Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. This yacht was given a radical design, supposedly based on the shape of a turbot

Brazilian Natives
The indigenous people of Brazil, relaxing on hammocks with fresh fruit and fish to hand, as first encountered by Vespucci and his men

Billingsgate Brutes
A genre scene, seemingly charming. In reality a young woman at a doorway is intimidated by two stout Billingsgate fishwives into buying their stinking fish

Canning Mackerels
Two young women canning mackerels at Shipmans factory, Newlyn, near Penzance, Cornwall, England

Japanese Trad. Meal
Two men eat a traditional meal of rice & fish

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