Print Description
A fishing boy, holding his rod in the one hand, and his line (on which he caught an eel) in the other hand. Two people are nearing the river edge from the background.
Made by H. Beckwith after W. Smith.
Medium: Handcoloured etching / engraving. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 13.1 x 21 cm (5.16 x 8.27 inch). Image size: 10.5 x 16.5 cm. (4.13 x 6.5 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light ghosting from previous matting. Small stain at top left. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FISHING-ROD-LINE-CATCH-EEL | DPO-PCO-2-49
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From ‘The Sporting Magazine’, 1839.
Biography engraver: Henry Beckwith was a nineteenth century British engraver.
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