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Fishery of Great Britain

Object summary

Title
Fishery of Great Britain
Object ID
AF-WB-0051
Date made
1721
Place made

United Kingdom, Greater London, London

Printmaker
Baston, Thomas
Publisher
Black Horse, Cornhill
Engraver
Kirkall, Elisha
Object type
Colored engraving
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Allan Forbes Collection
On view
No
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Description

A hand-colored etching depicting three "branches" of the Fishery of Great Britain: cod, herring, and whale.

Printed for T. Bowles and John Bowles & Son. To the Honorable Court of Directors of the South Sea Company this piece being a representation of the Fishery of Great Brittain, in its three different branches Vist. Cod, Herring, and Whale.

Inscriptions

Type
graphite
Location
lower right
Text
WB 51

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