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Rich Woman fishes for suitorsLeap 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
Scotland, Shetland Isles - Castle at ScallowayThe ruins of the Castle at Scalloway, Scotland - Shetland Isles
French ShrimpersShrimp-girls of Arcachonin southwest France, in their traditional dress
Lerwick Fishing FleetA fleet of fishing trawlers docked at Lerwick harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Fishing / Sport / AnglingAngling in the 18th century
Fishing boats on the Irrawaddy River, Myanmar Date: circa 1908
Fishing. Print shows two women working a net and two children gathering clams as a third child looks on. Date between 1804 and 1820
Fishing net. Print shows a woman holding a pipe, walking with a female attendant along the seashore; in the background are boats and large fishing nets. Date 1799 or 1800
Salmon fishing on the Dee. Date c1902 June 30
Crabbing Their Style by William Heath RobinsonCartoon, Crabbing their style. Toeing for crabs at and seaside resort during the holiday months. Men crab fishing using feet as bait
Fishing Near VeniceFishing at Chioggia in the lagoons of Venice. Date: 1939
Norway - Hammerfest - Blue WhaleHammerfest - a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. A huge Blue Whale has been caught and brough ashore. The whaling crew responsible stand in front of their magnificent catch. Date: 1902
Robert Stephenson Smythe Baden-Powell fishing. 9 November 1926
Shrimping by the SeaA family shrimping at the seas edge. Date: 1920s
Pembrokeshire fisherman and familyA Pembrokeshire fisherman and his family outside their cottage. The woman on the left is washing clothes in a wooden bucket
A couple take a break from fishing by a riverIllustration to Ellen Thorneycroft Fowlers Through Things Temporal captioned And then they went and fell in love with each other
Fishermen on the River Volga at SamaraFishermen relaxing after a hard days work on the River Volga at Samara, Russia
Fishing with CormorantsFishing using cormorants in China
Friars Shot Pool FishingScottish salmon fishermen fishing in the Friars Shot Pool of the River Ness. In the background is the town of Inverness with its castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Itchen Ferry FishingboatFishing boat of Itchen Ferry, Hampshire
England / WorcesterA striking picture of Worcester, Worcestershire, with its old cathedral and the graceful spire of St. Andrews church, set beside the River Severn
Buying Fish from BoatsBuying fish from the boats
Selling Fish by DocksThe fish-market alongside the quays where the fishing-boats dock - housewives and cooks come to buy fish fresh from the sea
Harry Tate / Vfair 1912HARRY TATE (Ronald Macdonald Hutchison) English music hall comedian, best known for sketches on golfing, motoring and fishing
A Man Filleting FishA man in hat and overcoat fillets fish on a stall
Mackerel Fishing / 1847The Brighton Boats fishing for mackerel
Fysshynge Wyth an AngleA fifteenth century angler makes a catch - illustration in Wynkyn de Wordes Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle
Brighton in 1789 (Beach)Embarking from Brighthelmstone for Dieppe, part of a route from London to Paris advertised as ninety miles nearer than by way of Dover and Calais
Game / Fishing Game C1890A little boy stands on a chair and fishes in a goldfish bowl
Eskimo Hunts a NarwhalAn Eskimo fisherman pursuing a narwhal
Herring Fishing 1555A herring fisherman lands a mighty haul in his net
Peter & Paul FortressA view of the town and habour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka. Probably the Peter & Paul Fortress in the Neva delta which was used as a political prison
Woaded Briton in CoracleA native of ancient Britain in woad markings paddles his coracle fishing boat on the river
Herring Curing HollandPeople curing herrings in Holland
Royal AnglersThe younger children of king George V & Mary, fishing at Balmoral (the one holding the rod is presumably the future George VI)
Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with CooksCover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a West Country scene with people playing on a sandy beach, fishing nets and seagulls
Boscastle, Cornwall, UKBoscastle, a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, UK. Date: late 19th century
Ling fish, Molva molva (Gadus molva). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808
Fishing Village of Glandore, West Cork, Republic of Ireland
RWF Willie Poole - shrimpingFat man with big bum shrimping in rock pools on a beach, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. This is RWF Willy Poole 1940-2017. Writer, countryman, humourist, master of foxhounds
Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta
Cartoon, The Anglers Return (Derby and Disraeli)Cartoon, The Anglers Return -- Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli portrayed as fishermen, examining the Conservative partys poor returns from the recent General Election -- the Liberal party under Lord
The Last Trout by H. M. BatemanA group of determined fishermen all compete for the last (rather small) trout left in a river. Date: 1931
Kraken attacking a fishing boat off the coast of AngolaKraken or giant cuttlefish attacking a fishing boat off the coast of Angola. After a description by Pierre Denys de Montfort in his Natural History of the Mollusca
Small spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser spotted shark, Squalus catulus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes
European hake, Merluccius merluccius (Hake, Gadus merluccius). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J
First published illustration of a dodo by van Neck, 1601Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Necks Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius, dodo bird (2) and extinct giant tortoise, Cylindras inepta (1)
Salmon Fishing at Mudeford, Christchurch, Hampshire, England. The oldest of the buildings on Mudeford Quay (pictured on this card) are now known as Dutch Cottages