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A Booke of receipts both for Phisicke and Chirurgery
Date: 1641Reference: MS.143
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The story of halibut oil.
Date: 1948
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The story of halibut oil.
Date: 1948
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Lillie, Denis Gascoigne (1888-1963), biologist
Lillie, Denis Gascoigne, 1888-1963.Date: 1824-1915Reference: MSS.3259-3285 & 5252-5254
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A cat pawing at goldfish in a bowl. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
Robert SeymourReference: 39792i
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A father and a son fishing at the end of the pier, representing a healthy construction worker able to spend quality time with his family through avoidance of accidents. Colour lithograph by the Berufsgenossenschaften der Bauwirtschaft, ca. 2000.
Berufsgenossenschaften der Bauwirtschaft.Date: [2000?]Reference: 755245i
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The canal and Gothic tower in the garden of the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, Middlesex. Etching, 18th century.
Reference: 26714i
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Bibliotheca piscatoria : a catalogue of books on angling, the fisheries and fish-culture, with bibliographical notes and an appendix of citations touching on angling and fishing from old English authors / by T. Westwood & T. Satchell.
Thomas WestwoodDate: 1883
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A child with a fishing rod, attended by an adult man. Colour lithograph in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.
Tosa MitsuokiDate: 1894Reference: 728859i
Part of: Japanese courtly recreations, sports and entertainments. Colour lithographs in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.
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Ramsgate, Kent: the beach and harbour at night. Wood engraving, 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 22402i
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Receipt-Book, Italian: 16th century
Date: Late 16th centuryReference: MS.659
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A boy fishing with a rod; he steps into the water and kills a fish with a spear; his father, smoking a cigar, reprimands him and he cries. Colour process print, 1909.
Date: [15 September 1909]Reference: 730340i
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A barefoot Basque fisherman posing with several medals on his tunic.
Reference: 530779i
Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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Fish liver, TEM
Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
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A river in a rocky landscape, with a man fishing and a woman carrying a basket. Etching by F. Vivares, 1754, after G. Martorelli.
Martorelli, Gaetano, 1670-1723.Date: Jany. 15th. 1754Reference: 2803352i
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Delle caccie ... libro quattro, aggiuntovi 'n questa nuova impressione il quinto libro della villa / [Eugenio Raimondi].
Eugenio RaimondiDate: [1626]
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A man is standing on the banks of a river with a fishing line in the water, he is hunched against the very wet and windy weather. Coloured process print after J. Leech.
John LeechReference: 34768i
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The gentleman's recreation : in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing ; wherein those ... exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged ... Also the method of breeding and managing a hunting-horse: unto which is now annex'd an appendix of choice [with] receipts for the cure of several maladies. Whereto is added [an abridgment of Manwood's Forest laws, and of all the acts ... made since; which relate to hunting, etc.] A perfect abstract of all the forest-laws, and of every particular act of Parliament since Magna charta ... to which is prefix'd a large sculpture, giving easy directions for blowing the horn and other sculptures proper to each recreation, / [Nicholas Cox].
Cox, Nicholas, active 1673-1721Date: 1721
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The apostles suddenly receive a miraculous shoal of fishes. Engraving after Raphael.
RaphaelReference: 23800i
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The Accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : containing, I. The art of preserving and candying fruits & flowers and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or, Excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery ... and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cooks guide, or, Directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, both in the English and French mode, with all sauces and sallets.
Date: 1675
Archives and manuscripts
A brown river traversed by a rust-coloured strip in which men are fishing, surrounded by trees and with a gated fence below
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: 23 June 1955Reference: 2969660i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Les délices de la campagne, ou les ruses de la chasse et de la pesche. Où l'on voit comment on prend toutes sortes d'oiseaux & de bêtes à quatre pieds. Avec les plus beaux secrets de la pêche, et la manière de faire les rets & les filets ... / [Anon].
Fortin, François, -1661Date: 1700
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Prose halieutics, or, Ancient and modern fish tattle / by C. David Badham.
Charles David BadhamDate: 1854
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A young man fishing at the edge of a river or lake, accompanied by a young woman and a child. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after F. Zuccarelli, ca. 1762.
Francesco ZuccarelliDate: 1762Reference: 2475580i
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Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving, 1755, after J. Maurer.
Maurer, John, 1696?-1761.Date: [1755]Reference: 20779i

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A Booke of receipts both for Phisicke and Chirurgery

The story of halibut oil.

The story of halibut oil.

Lillie, Denis Gascoigne (1888-1963), biologist

A cat pawing at goldfish in a bowl. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

A father and a son fishing at the end of the pier, representing a healthy construction worker able to spend quality time with his family through avoidance of accidents. Colour lithograph by the Berufsgenossenschaften der Bauwirtschaft, ca. 2000.

The canal and Gothic tower in the garden of the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, Middlesex. Etching, 18th century.

Bibliotheca piscatoria : a catalogue of books on angling, the fisheries and fish-culture, with bibliographical notes and an appendix of citations touching on angling and fishing from old English authors / by T. Westwood & T. Satchell.

A child with a fishing rod, attended by an adult man. Colour lithograph in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.

Ramsgate, Kent: the beach and harbour at night. Wood engraving, 1850.

Receipt-Book, Italian: 16th century

A boy fishing with a rod; he steps into the water and kills a fish with a spear; his father, smoking a cigar, reprimands him and he cries. Colour process print, 1909.

A barefoot Basque fisherman posing with several medals on his tunic.

Fish liver, TEM

A river in a rocky landscape, with a man fishing and a woman carrying a basket. Etching by F. Vivares, 1754, after G. Martorelli.

Delle caccie ... libro quattro, aggiuntovi 'n questa nuova impressione il quinto libro della villa / [Eugenio Raimondi].

A man is standing on the banks of a river with a fishing line in the water, he is hunched against the very wet and windy weather. Coloured process print after J. Leech.

The apostles suddenly receive a miraculous shoal of fishes. Engraving after Raphael.

A brown river traversed by a rust-coloured strip in which men are fishing, surrounded by trees and with a gated fence below

Les délices de la campagne, ou les ruses de la chasse et de la pesche. Où l'on voit comment on prend toutes sortes d'oiseaux & de bêtes à quatre pieds. Avec les plus beaux secrets de la pêche, et la manière de faire les rets & les filets ... / [Anon].

Prose halieutics, or, Ancient and modern fish tattle / by C. David Badham.

A young man fishing at the edge of a river or lake, accompanied by a young woman and a child. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after F. Zuccarelli, ca. 1762.

Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving, 1755, after J. Maurer.