FDA-E.2424-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.2424-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Eel traps at Black Potts
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The eel industry flourished along the Thames, and fishermen like Jack Straw kept the swelling straw traps together with the long triangular nets in their sheds ready for use, providing local artists such as Edmund Bristow with a distinctive subject for painting, while artists such as de Wint painted other points on the Thames, where the nets were fixed in a line ready to drop into the water. William painted several pictures on the theme, such as his Mending Eel Pots and Interior of a Fishing Shed on the Thames, both shown at the RWS, 1830. The Drawing School Portfolio includes a pupil's chalk copy of this lithograph.
Other number
Hc 63
Description
Content (place)
Eton
Dimensions
height (actual size): 239mm
width (actual size): 312mm
width (actual size): 312mm
Materials & techniques note
Lithograph (mounted)
Production
Person
Evans, William, 1798 - 1877 (Source Artist)
Organisation
Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. (Lithographer)
Date
c.1830
History and association
Associated object
FDA-D.1377-2015 (associated object)
Object history note
Exhibited: 'William Evans of Eton 1798-1877: A Bicentenary Exhibition', The Brewhouse Gallery, Eton College, ? to 1 August 1998, catalogue number 23
