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Fish trade

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  • A man comes to a shop to sell a fish to a woman who sells poultry, fish and vegetables, watched by a cat. Engraving by J. Burnet after W. Mieris.
  • Growing children need more fish... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
  • The brawny fisherman lives on fish... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.
  • 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.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera
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    Whitmore's fish, game and poultry : 168 High Street, West Bromwich ... / G.E. Whitmore.

    Whitmore, G. E. | Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]
    • Ephemera
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    Fish! : delicious tasty meals, very easy to cook... : eat more fish : try the recipes overleaf / British Trawlers' Federation Ltd.

    British Trawlers' Federation. | Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]
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    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.

    Bout, Pieter, approximately 1640-1689. | Date: [1779] | Reference: 29863i
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    A fisherman's wife from Newhaven selling fish to a man in a market in Edinburgh. Etching by Walter Geikie.

    Geikie, Walter, 1795-1837. | Date: 1830-1839 | Reference: 29919i
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    A fisherman stands on the shore with his boat behind him, a basket across his shoulders and a tray of fish in his hand. Coloured lithograph.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 30458i
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