'Bird Catching from Below', Shetland Islands, 1813. Artist: Unknown

'Bird Catching from Below', Shetland Islands, 1813. Artist: Unknown

1-158-536 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Bird Catching from Below', Shetland Islands, 1813. Catchers were helped up the cliffs by colleagues in rowing boats. Birds and eggs were a great economic resource for the Shetland Islanders. From Foreign Field Sports by Edward Orme. (London, 1813).


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. JH Clarke: British: Artist
People Related
  1. Edward Orme: British: Author

Medium
  1. Aquatint

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World Europe United Kingdom Scotland Shetland

  1. 60 30 00 N , 001 15 00 W

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4709x3708
File Size : 51,156kb


Aliases

  1. 7959
  1. 0460001114
  1. 1-158-536
  1. 1114
  1. 1158536
  1. 7959

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