Image

RISDM 2004-89-7.tif RISDM 2004-89-7 back.tif

Clare Leighton

Codfishing Plate,

Description

Maker

Title

Codfishing Plate

Medium

earthenware

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

2.2 cm (7/8 inches) (height)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: The verso has a title and description of the image and has the legend, "CODFISHING/The Grand Banks, down east of New England's shores, have become justly famous as a lucrative fishing ground for cod. The constant battle against wind and cold has engendered in the New Englander those same fine characteristics of face and figure to be found in fisherman everywhere.”

Place

Place Made: England

Type

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2004.89.7

About

Codfishing Plate
New England Industries

Marks: The verso has a title and description of the image and has the legend, "CODFISHING/The Grand Banks, down east of New England's shores, have become justly famous as a lucrative fishing ground for cod. The constant battle against wind and cold has engendered in the New Englander those same fine characteristics of face and figure to be found in fisherman everywhere.”

Place Made: England

Related

Use

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