Title

Salmon-poaching on the Tweed: "Burning the Water", 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Salmon-poaching on the Tweed: "Burning the Water", 1862. Illegal fishing in Scotland. Night poaching from boats, using leisters - a type of spear - was called "burning the water". Metal baskets on the boats were filled with fragments of tar barrel and rags steeped in pitch and were set alight, and the bright blaze attracted the fish to the surface of the water. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A08_466

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29,8Mb (2,9Mb) / 12,9in x 9,0in / 3879 x 2688 (300dpi)

Keywords

glass event arts manufacturing art trade British color decoration decorative ornament century Britain jug jugs newspapers press ornaments print mass production tableware exhibition vase pitcher decorated B&W candelabra pitchers engraved engraving Homeware candelabras Colour candelabrum 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century centrepiece The Print Collector cultural event Illustrated London News World's Fair ILN newspaper object trade fair Unknown Great London Exposition International Exhibition of 1862 19th-century 1862 International Exhibition