pescadores

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Two Newhaven fishwives, perhaps Mrs Elizabeth (Johnstone) Hall on the right

from National Galleries of Scotland Commons

  • jollywinegums said:
    Perhaps the arrangement at the front of the skirt was to support the baskets these ladies are often photographed with.

Mrs Elizabeth (Johnstone) Hall, Newhaven fishwife

from National Galleries of Scotland Commons

  • Chi Chi said:
    Surely one of the greatest fishwives in history
  • Gwen Page said:
    I love this. It would be great to see more photos of women from this time - see what their lives were like.
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    "The fishwives of Newhaven were famous for both their beauty and confidence. They carried the fish their men had caught in baskets on their backs up to Edinburgh to sell it. Whenever storms at sea made the fishing especially dangerous and the price of fish rose, they were heard saying 'It's no fish ye're buying, it's men's lives'. The phrase became internationally known after Sir Walter Scott used it in his novel, The Antiquary." -- National Galleries of Scotland caption
  • George Eastman Museum said:
    Great Minds Think Alike :-)

Mrs Barbara (Johnstone) Flucker

from National Galleries of Scotland Commons

  • jollywinegums said:
    Is she opening shellfish here? Oysters maybe?
  • Frances Bell said:
    Maybe scraping the beards off mussels
  • thespinjinny said:
    That's my great great great great? Grandma!
  • Northwestkathleen, animal lover!! said:
    Poor thing, her shoes have holes in them and she looks like she's had a hard, rough life.