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Fishhooks

Device for catching fish

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3 images from works
  • Fishing: different sizes of hook and knots to accompany them. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: hook-makers at work (top) and various kinds of hook (below) Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: hook-makers' equipment and tools. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Works from the collections

4 works

    • Ephemera

    Whereas there has been several advertisements put out by Mr. Brown in Black-horse Alley, by Fleet-Bridge. : that gentlemen may not be imposed on, I Charles Kirby, maker of hooks ... .

    | Date: [1723]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Fishing: hook-makers' equipment and tools. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 493253i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Fishing: different sizes of hook and knots to accompany them. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 493254i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Fishing: hook-makers at work (top) and various kinds of hook (below) Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Reference: 493248i

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