The Fish Market
Based on an admired painting by Bonington, this coastal scene shows vendors and customers on the beach, barrels and boats drawn up on shore, cildren sitting beside a pile of fish and a woman carrying a basket from the sea.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Fish Market
- Engraver: Charles George Lewis (British, Enfield, Middlesex 1808–1880 Felpham, Sussex)
- Artist: after Richard Parkes Bonington (British, Arnold, Nottinghamshire 1802–1828 London)
- Publisher: Francis Graham Moon (British, London 1796–1871 Brighton)
- Publisher: Moon, Boys & Graves (London, active 1827–36)
- Date: 1833
- Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Dimensions: Plate: 11 5/16 × 15 3/4 in. (28.7 × 40 cm)
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 17 13/16 in. (32.2 × 45.2 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
- Object Number: 62.600.351
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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