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De Haringvisschery

Object summary

Title
De Haringvisschery
Object ID
CC-F-0032
Date made
1780
Place made

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam

Draftsman
Kobell, Hendrik
Publisher
Maaskamp, Evert
Print maker
Sallieth, Mathias de
Object type
Engraving
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

A scene of a fleet of Dutch herring buss (buis') fishing in the North Sea. The herring buss was a specially designed fishing boat with an onboard processing "factory" that made it highly suitable for long periods away from home. The print shows how the Dutch caught herring by casting out drift nets into the open sea. Men in small boats assist the larger boats in the foreground.

Inscriptions

Type
stamp
Location
recto, lower left under corner of image
Text
Clark Collection MIT [faded]
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom left
Text
F32
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom center
Text
1780
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom right
Text
18-4
Type
graphite
Location
verso, bottom left
Text
A13 [F32 crossed out]

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