COLLECTION NAME:
John Russell Bartlett Collection
Record
Record number:
JRB144
Title:
[Coastal fishermen and settlement].
Place:
unknown
Date:
unknown
Image technique:
sepia and wash on brown paper
Image dimensions:
8.1 x 11.2 inches
Narrative description:
View of a coastal village with houses and men using nets to collect fish. Also shows a dock built out into the ocean where a steamer or boat with a double smokestack waits. There are no marks or notations to identify artist, date, or scene. Watermark along the bottom reads: "De Cason Frere."
Notes:
Related drawing: none. Personal Narrative derivative: none. Bartlett described the use of nets by the Indians of California and show an example of netting salmon in a small woodcut, although this drawing shows a coastal community.
Creators:
John Russell Bartlett
Subject:
Landscape with figures
Normalized date:
n.d.
JRB144
