Sujet
The Turn of the Tide by Davidson Knowles, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Turn of the Tide by Davidson Knowles, 1881. Engraving of a painting. 'A fisherman's young wife, who has come out of the humble cottage home delineated in a subordinate compartment,...[stands] upon the rocky seashore, and eagerly [watches] for the return of her husband's boat. It is, we may suppose, at early morning dawn, when the in-coming tide is likely to bring back those out all night at their toil in the wide and deep waters...This is a subject which artists have often before treated, but which has a perpetual interest, as it may be deemed a typical example of the pathetic truth, so plaintively expressed in Kingsley's well-known ballad, "The Harbour Bar," and in a not less touching Scottish ditty, "Caller Herrin'." It is well to remind us that the common industry of some classes of the poor, as here along the British coasts, is attended with frequent peril to life, and that our sympathy is due to their wives and families upon many sad occasions of disaster at sea. There are not wanting, in the course of each year's season, opportunities for the exercise of active compassion in particular cases of this nature, as well as for rendering assistance to such excellent public institutions as the "Royal National Life-Boat".' From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A42_456
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
42,4Mo (4,2Mo) / 27,9cm x 38,1cm / 3294 x 4498 (300dpi)