Bait Collection

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
Oil painting on canvas by John Gerrad Keulemans (undated). 229 x 205

Racial / Iroquois Fishing
Hiawatha goes fishing in his canoe; " Take my bait, O king of fishes! "

Artificial Fishing Lures - soft plastic
HAR-104 Fishing - Artificial Lures, soft plastic Anthony Harrison Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Artificial Fishing Lures - thin minnows
HAR-103 Fishing - Artificial Lures, thin minnows Anthony Harrison Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Golden Eagle -Aquila chrysaetos- in flight, landing at a bait place, Kainuu, Utajarvi, Nordfinnland, Finland

Patience in a Punt, 1811. 1811. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Patience in a Punt, 1811

Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) three adults, feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa

Bail loaded in Kyrenia harbour, North Cyprus, Cyprus, Europe

spinning lure wobblers Isolated illustration of spinning lure wobblers Vector illustration can be used for creating logo and emblem for fishing clubs, prints, web and other crafts

Roman juggler or entertainer with performing bear
Marcello, Roman juggler or entertainer with performing bear. In heliotrope. The trainer entices the bear to dance with whip and meat. Giocore Givocolatore Parte Avversa in elitropia

Outdoor activity horizontal banners with people fishing on lake and reporters interview fisherman catching big fish vector illustration

D-69469
Cookiecutter shark, Isistius brasiliensis. Close to a Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) al Date: 25-Sep-19

Uncle Sams Taylorifics, 1846 (colour litho)
1078613 Uncle Sams Taylorifics, 1846 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; eNew York Historical Society; American, out of copyright

The musketeer
Andrea Izzotti

Cartoon depicting two men fishing for salmon, 19th century
5308780 Cartoon depicting two men fishing for salmon, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting two men fishing for salmon. Dated 19th century 01/02/1878); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cartoon depicting a couple enjoying a day of fishing, 19th century
5308692 Cartoon depicting a couple enjoying a day of fishing, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a couple enjoying a day of fishing)

Engraving depicting an electrical vermin trap
5309335 Engraving depicting an electrical vermin trap; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an electrical vermin trap)

Black rat, Rattus rattus (Mus rattus)
FLO4989298 Black rat, Rattus rattus (Mus rattus), caught in a mousetrap

Fishing rods and bait, after an illustration in Les Ruses Innocentes
2963143 Fishing rods and bait, after an illustration in Les Ruses Innocentes, published 1660. From The Connoisseur Magazine, published 1902.; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Engraving depicting a rat trap: when the bait hanging inside the trap was touched the trap is sprung
5309331 Engraving depicting a rat trap: when the bait hanging inside the trap was touched the trap is sprung

Ratting at the Dog Show, 1870 (engraving)
1575602 Ratting at the Dog Show, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a rat-baiting scene. Rat-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of rats in a pit)

Shark Attack
Andrea Cavallini

Long-line fishing in the North Sea, on deck baiting the lines, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Long-line fishing in the North Sea, on deck baiting the lines, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Farmers sacking grasshopper bait, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sacking grasshopper bait. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field, five miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field, five miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Florida, Fishing rod with hard bait

Florida, The Keys, Islamorada, mural of shark chasing fish

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA on the Piscataqua River

The Catch
Mystic Number

The Mother Fish
This illustration shows a mother fish teaching her children about the worm bait on a hook, accompanied with a caption translated from French, The worm, my children, is generally good only so far

Japan - Fishing Tackle Shop
Fishing Tackle Shop, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Miss Dowson, Angler
Miss M. S. Dowson won the ladies competition in a fly and bait casting tournament held at Norwood in London. Date: 1931

Bait of the Florida Fisherman; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. Creator: Thomas Mayne Reid
Bait of the Florida Fisherman; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

"I caught the first fish"(colour litho)
6013981 " I caught the first fish" (colour litho) by Hassall

Baiting the Line, (oil on canvas)
650418 Baiting the Line, (oil on canvas) by Jones, Francis Coates (1857-1932); 48.2x66 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Baiting the Line. Francis Coates Jones (1857-1932). Oil on canvas

Clever mouse avoiding a mousetrap (colour litho)
5996105 Clever mouse avoiding a mousetrap (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clever mouse avoiding a mousetrap)

Tiger Hunting in Bengal (engraving)
1049368 Tiger Hunting in Bengal (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tiger Hunting in Bengal)

A Night with the Congers (engraving)
1044277 A Night with the Congers (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Night with the Congers)

The Bear Trap (coloured engraving)
979179 The Bear Trap (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bear Trap.); © Look and Learn

Fowlers catching Crows, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium
747013 Fowlers catching Crows, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

En Floride (engraving)
2783362 En Floride (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: En Floride. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 3 May 1885.); © Look and Learn

Comic postcard, Travelling on rollerskates, pulled by a tortoise Date: early 20th century

Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s

Big game hunting, tiger hunt in India - a series
Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s. One of 10 images listed

Comic postcard, Little girl fishing at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Fish avoids worm and hook Date: 20th century

Cartoon, Political Anglers - Tory politicians Lord Salisbury and Randolph Churchill discuss where they obtained their bait (ie political policies)

Red Snapper, from Game Fishes of the United States
STC169239 Red Snapper, from Game Fishes of the United States, published 1878 (chromolitho) by Kilbourne, S.A. (fl.1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

Shad, anchovy, and fishermen fishing with nets
Shad, Alosa alosa 137 and anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus 138. Fishermen scattering bait with a wooden spoon to fish in a net

Black rat, Rattus rattus (Mus rattus), caught in a mousetrap. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

The Newfoundland Fisheries Question, the French Shore (engraving)
1062219 The Newfoundland Fisheries Question, the French Shore (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Newfoundland Fisheries Question, the French Shore)

Poster, fishing bait, water bread, made of blood, dried fruit, caramel, oily flour. late 19th century

Baiting the Lines, 1879 (w / c)
6198945 Baiting the Lines, 1879 (w/c) by McTaggart, William (1835-1910); 33x51.4 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; (add.info.: Orchar Collection); Dundee Art Galleries and Museums; Scottish

The four that got away! (oil on canvas)
3712699 The four that got away! (oil on canvas) by Knight, A. Roland (fl.1810-40); 38.1x51.3 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

April Fools Day illustration, from Un Autre Monde
CHT174085 April Fools Day illustration, from Un Autre Monde, 1844 (colour engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Portrait of Genio C. Scott, 1859 (oil on canvas)
499630 Portrait of Genio C

The Black Sea Fleet Operations (engraving)
1619089 The Black Sea Fleet Operations (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Black Sea Fleet Operations)

Man fishing on lake (chromolitho)
732839 Man fishing on lake (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man fishing on lake.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

En Californie (engraving)
2789013 En Californie (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: En Californie. Coupe des arbres dans la foret. Pose d un piege a pantheres)

An Anglers Story from the Front, a Fishing Expedition on the Modder River (engraving)
1048432 An Anglers Story from the Front, a Fishing Expedition on the Modder River (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Anglers Story from the Front)

Bacon-skin bait to imitate a small squid or cuttle (litho)
6026088 Bacon-skin bait to imitate a small squid or cuttle (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacon-skin bait to imitate a small squid or cuttle)

Our Fishing Industries, Crab-Catching in Cornwall (engraving)
1107101 Our Fishing Industries, Crab-Catching in Cornwall (engraving) by Craft, Percy Robert (1856-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our Fishing Industries, Crab-Catching in Cornwall)

A Month at the Seaside (engraving)
1047569 A Month at the Seaside (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Month at the Seaside)

Sport Fishing: Leaping Atlantic Salmon, 1950 (colour litho)
3036060 Sport Fishing: Leaping Atlantic Salmon, 1950 (colour litho) by American School

Sport Fishing: Leaping Muskie, 1950 (colour litho)
3036066 Sport Fishing: Leaping Muskie, 1950 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage illustration of a leaping muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) on the line of a fisherman

Une chasse au magnesium (engraving)
2783096 Une chasse au magnesium (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Une chasse au magnesium)

Koryak peoples method of hunting bear in the Russian Far East
6337410 Koryak peoples method of hunting bear in the Russian Far East by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Koryak peoples method of hunting bear in the Russian Far East)

The First of April (chromolitho)
730070 The First of April (chromolitho) by Grierson, Charles MacIvor or MacIver (1864-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First of April)

The Anglers gentle craft, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731061 The Anglers gentle craft, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Anglers gentle craft)

A Willing Pupil, 1878
INN75124 A Willing Pupil, 1878 by Nicol, Erskine (1825-1904); Private Collection; eMalcolm Innes Gallery, London, UK; Scottish, out of copyright

Black sable trapping in Northern China and Saghalien (litho)
6009003 Black sable trapping in Northern China and Saghalien (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Black sable trapping in Northern China and Saghalien)

Mugger-Hunting on the Ana-Sagar Lake, Ajmere, India (engraving)
1623252 Mugger-Hunting on the Ana-Sagar Lake, Ajmere, India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mugger-Hunting on the Ana-Sagar Lake, Ajmere, India)

Adrian Vidal, by W E Norris (engraving)
1590984 Adrian Vidal, by W E Norris (engraving) by Barnard, Frederick (1846-1896) (attr. to); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adrian Vidal, by W E Norris)

Military Life at Halifax, Nova Scotia (engraving)
1616569 Military Life at Halifax, Nova Scotia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Military Life at Halifax, Nova Scotia)

A Days Crocodile Fishing, a Shikaris First and only Experience (engraving)
1051260 A Days Crocodile Fishing, a Shikaris First and only Experience (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Days Crocodile Fishing)

Children fishing on th bank of a river August 1952

World Champion Angler Billy Lanes seen here on the river bank surrounded by maggots.8th December 1963

Bait fisherman, Kent
A fisherman sucks up lug worm bait with a vacuum device on the beach at Dungeness, Kent, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Fishing, River Thames, Windsor
Three fishermen beside the River Thames at Windsor, Berkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Bait digging, Lorient, France
A man digs bait at low tide amidst the rotting wooden piles on a beach near Lorent, Brittany, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

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"Bait: A Fascinating Tale of Nature's Deception and Human Ingenuity" In the vast ocean, where Pinguinus impennis, the majestic great auk once roamed freely, a dance between predator and prey unfolded. The Iroquois people harnessed their ancestral knowledge to master the art of fishing, using age-old techniques passed down through generations. As dawn broke on tranquil lakeshores, fishermen carefully crafted artificial lures from soft plastic or slender minnows. These ingenious creations mimicked the movements of real baitfish, enticing unsuspecting targets with their lifelike allure. High above in the skies soared Aquila chrysaetos, the magnificent golden eagle. With keen eyesight and precision flight skills, it would descend upon bait places in Kainuu, Utajarvi, Nordfinnland in Finland. Its landing marked nature's harmony as predator met its own version of bait. Patience was key for those who embarked on angling adventures depicted in Thomas Rowlandson's "Patience in a Punt" artwork from 1811. It captured an era when humans embraced stillness while waiting for that elusive catch to bite at their well-crafted baits. Meanwhile, beneath azure waves swam Delphinus capensis - long-beaked common dolphins feasting on schools of small bait fish known as baitballs. Their synchronized movements showcased nature's brilliance as they capitalized on this abundant source of nourishment. Not limited to aquatic realms alone did deception prevail; even human interactions held elements of intrigue. Like a rich woman casting her line into life's sea for potential suitors – each one enticed by her wealth and status – she dangled herself like irresistible bait before them all. In Kyrenia harbor within North Cyprus' European shores stood bail loaded vessels ready for action. Symbolizing commerce rather than natural allurements now lay bare before our eyes - yet another form of bait, enticing trade and prosperity.