Someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish

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Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.

Two fisherman are standing on a beach with their catch including skate and lobster. Lithograph.

Crimean War, France: fishwomen carrying the luggage of nurses at Boulogne. Wood engraving by W. Thomas.

A large family of fisher folk in Naples are gathered together around a fishing boat. Coloured lithograph by Gatti & Dura.

A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.

Three interlinked scenes of a fisherman with his nets, Cupid pointing an arrow at a young couple who are contemplating marriage and a physician. Etching.

Two fishermen are out in their boat, one is rowing and the other is looking at a lobster caught in the creel. Wood engraving by E. Bure after J.C. Hook.

A fisherman who has AIDS hauling in a net of fish from his boat as his female partner stands holding a fish in one hand while balancing a large bowl of fish on her head within a red and turquoise dotted decorative border; with the message who will catch the fish (when he has died?); an AIDS prevention advertisement by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph for Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.

A Japanese fisherman on a lake shore pulling in his nets. Watercolour, c.1860.

Fishermen at Brighton, and women outside a bathing hut at Brighton. Lithograph after L. Parez.

Men fishing from the banks of the river and from a bridge spanning the water. Engraving after H. Bol.

A royal sage tells the father of the fishergirl of their marriage. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

Jesus calls James and John from their boat; their father Zebedee stands behind them. Woodcut.

An Italian landscape: a man fishing with a rod and line in a river with rocky heights behind. Etching by F. Giuntotardi, 1813, after G. Poussin.

A fisherman is standing on a rock with his nets and baskets strapped to his back. Mezzotint by J. Jones after G. Carter.

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Fishers

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fishers

Works from the collections

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

Crimean War, France: fishwomen carrying the luggage of nurses at Boulogne. Wood engraving by W. Thomas.

Jesus calls James and John from their boat; their father Zebedee stands behind them. Woodcut.

An Italian landscape: a man fishing with a rod and line in a river with rocky heights behind. Etching by F. Giuntotardi, 1813, after G. Poussin.

A fisherman is standing on a rock with his nets and baskets strapped to his back. Mezzotint by J. Jones after G. Carter.

Fishers

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fishers

Works from the collections

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

Crimean War, France: fishwomen carrying the luggage of nurses at Boulogne. Wood engraving by W. Thomas.

Jesus calls James and John from their boat; their father Zebedee stands behind them. Woodcut.

An Italian landscape: a man fishing with a rod and line in a river with rocky heights behind. Etching by F. Giuntotardi, 1813, after G. Poussin.

A fisherman is standing on a rock with his nets and baskets strapped to his back. Mezzotint by J. Jones after G. Carter.

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