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Photo, Print, Drawing Shad Fishing (Taking up the Net). Shad fishing (taking up the net)

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Title

  • Shad Fishing (Taking up the Net).

Other Title

  • Shad fishing (taking up the net)

Summary

  • This print shows shad fishermen working near Philadelphia, across the Delaware River from New Jersey. Several of the men are African American. They stand waist deep in the river, gathering up their catch into a rowboat. Visible in the foreground and background are residential buildings and a local church, a Philadelphia pier, the mills of Gloucester, New Jersey, and sailboats on the river. The print is by James Fuller Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer known for his attention to detail who produced many views of the city.

Names

  • Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : P.S. Duval & Company Lithography, 1855.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--New Jersey
  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1855
  • -  Boats and boating
  • -  Delaware River (New York-Delaware and New Jersey)
  • -  Fishing
  • -  Fishing boats
  • -  Fishing nets
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Mills

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 691"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone of different colors ; 28 x 34 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670416

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Shad Fishing Taking up the Net. Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America New Jersey, 1855. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Company Lithography. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670416/.

APA citation style:

Queen, J. F. (1855) Shad Fishing Taking up the Net. Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America New Jersey, 1855. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Company Lithography. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670416/.

MLA citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Shad Fishing Taking up the Net. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Company Lithography. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670416/>.