Detail View: John Russell Bartlett Collection: JRB144
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Record number:
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JRB144
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Title:
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[Coastal fishermen and settlement].
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Place:
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unknown
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Date:
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unknown
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Image technique:
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sepia and wash on brown paper
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Image dimensions:
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8.1 x 11.2 inches
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Narrative description:
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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."
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Notes:
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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.
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Creators:
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John Russell Bartlett
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Subject:
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Landscape with figures
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Normalized date:
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n.d.
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