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A pair of anglers hook a water vole. Six scenes in three rows; the first four captioned in verse: "Fishing’s a pleasure you cannot measure / Who does not treasure sunshine and flies? / When fish are biting, it’s so delighting, / And so exciting, no one denies."
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [between 1845 and 1859?]
- People
-
- Author
- Leech, John, 1817-1864
- Language
- English
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Item Summary
A pair of anglers hook a water vole. Six scenes in three rows; the first four captioned in verse: "Fishing’s a pleasure you cannot measure / Who does not treasure sunshine and flies? / When fish are biting, it’s so delighting, / And so exciting, no one denies."
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Fishing’s a pleasure you cannot measure.
- Call Number
- D-Middle 75/Box 02/GC164/Normal GA 2026.00127
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc70795p41x
- Publisher
- [between 1845 and 1859?]
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1845-1859
- Format
- Visual material
- Extent
- 1 drawing : pencil, pen and ink and watercolor ; sheet 285 x 222 mm, mount 347 x 284 mm
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, Princeton University Class of 1906.
- References
- IAN 83:330
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Title from first caption.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/553af631-d5d9-4304-bcbb-4de46d5ea434/manifest