Fishing Rod Collection

HOGARTH: FALSE PERSPECTIVE. Satire on False Perspective. (Whoever makes a design, without the knowledge of perspective, will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this print)

Trolling for Pike in the River Lea, 1831, (1941). Creator: James Pollard
Trolling for Pike in the River Lea, 1831, (1941). Anglers using a running line to catch pike on the Lea at Waltham Abbey, to the north-east of London. Painting in the Tate Gallery, London

Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland, c1830. Artist: JMW Turner
Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland, c1830. Painting held at The Tate, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXI. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]

Fly fishing on the River Dee, Grampians, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Ice fishing, Gola Lake area, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Viaduct on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, c1838. Artist: Henry Adlard
Viaduct on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, c1838. Illustration after a painting by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) who visited the United States in the 1830s

ERNEST HEMINGWAY (center) with Cuban sportsman Elicio Arguelles, Jr. and fishing-boat captain Gregorio Fuentes in Cuba during the filming of " The Old Man and the Sea" in 1956

ITALY: BAGNI di LUCCA, c1875. View of the Devils Bridge at Bagni di Lucca, on the Lima River in the north of Tuscany, Italy. Wood engraving, c1875, after Harry Fenn

Prince Charles fishing in the River Dee in Scotland April 1988

The haaf-net fisherman of Solway firth, at their nets, started fishing on the first day of spring

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

Herbert Hoover fishing, 1936
1128900 Herbert Hoover fishing, 1936 by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harris & Ewing Collection)

Thursday, 1880, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
Thursday, 1880, (c1902). After a painting, also known as Tomorrow will be Friday, in the Tate Gallery, London. A group of Franciscans fishing, as they were forbidden to eat meat on Fridays

CLEMENS: TOM & HUCK, 1910. Samuel Clemens creations, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, floating down the Mississippi on a literary raft. Cartoon by Luther D

Frog going fishing, advertisement for J D Larkins Elite toilet soap, 1882 (chromolitho)
5235886 Frog going fishing, advertisement for J D Larkins Elite toilet soap, 1882 (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frog going fishing)

Window depicting Izaak Walton (stained glass)
BAL4250 Window depicting Izaak Walton (stained glass) by English School, (18th century); Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire

A Breezy Day at the Seaside (w / c and pencil on paper)
XPG366355 A Breezy Day at the Seaside (w/c and pencil on paper) by Blacklock, William Kay (1872-1922); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Wales; Wrexham. A salmon fisherman casting on the River Dee

Discussing a Catch of Salmon in a Scottish Fishing-Lodge, c. 1840 (oil on canvas)
XYC281570 Discussing a Catch of Salmon in a Scottish Fishing-Lodge, c.1840 (oil on canvas) by Shiels, William (1785-1857); 96.5x128.9 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Fishing from the beach at sunrise, Australia, Pacific

Cupid fishing with a rod and basket on the shoreline. Cupido Piscator. In carnelian and dactylotheca. From the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville

Perch, pearl oyster, velvet worm and lacewing
European perch, Perca fluviatilis 1, and fishermen fishing with rods, velvet worm, Peripatus iuliformis 2, lacewing, Perla marginata 3, and pearl oyster, Isognomon isognomum 4

Peasant with fishing rod on a wooden bridge over a stream
Dutch peasant with fishing rod on a wooden bridge over a stream. The anglers on a bridge over a river, circa 1647

English gentleman fishing on a river bank, Regency era. Cockney angler and his dog sleeping next to a fishing rod. Taking Nothing

The skeleton of Death and the angler. Death with a fishing net approaches a fisherman on a riverbank with fishing rod and basket

Koryak family of Kamchatka, 19th century. A man with fishing rod in an icy landscape pointing to a kayak. Woman with child on her back holding fish. Kamschatkata

Wylam Angling Club members Graham Heaney (left) with John Eden with the first salmon caught on the River Tyne during hazardous water, full of snow-capped ice floes in the 1987 season

A Young Fisherman in Stapleton Glen, early-mid 19th century, (1946). Boy fishing at Stapleton near Bristol. Painting in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol

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 Police - pictured in October 1980. Sting (real name Gordon Sumner) enjoying some leisure time with his band mates

Boys fishing in Battersea Park 7th August 1963

A man fishing in the River Gade in Watford, Hertfordshire. 19th June 1954

A young boy fishing in the Grand Union canal at Boxmoor, Hertfordshire. Circa 1945

These four men have obviously fallen hook line and sinker for the angling bug. Braving the elements they are hoping to catch cod or mackerel off the South Gare

John Barrett and boatman Dick Burke enjoy a "tall: fishing story together circa 1947
John Barrett and boatman Dick Burke enjoy a " tall: fishing story together circa 1947

Malcolm Hancock is only three years old but he beat a dozen fishermen during a recent fishing contest. He keeps his mum supplied with a constant supply of freshly caught fish. 2nd May 1990

Barry Collier and Chris Poupard seen here at Aveley Lake with their catch of four five pond rainbow trout. 16th May 1987

A competitor in the Daily MIrror Angling Competition at Surrey Docks, London. Sitting on his tackle box beside one of the rusting mooring points on the now dis used wharf. 10 th June 1977

Fisherman Ray Mumford seen here with his catch. 26th October 1967

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China, Jiangsu, Qidong, Man in a red shirt and straw hat fishing with a rod and line off his boat moored in a canal

Fishing On Derwent
circa 1915: A man fishing in the River Derwent in the Forge Valley near Scarborough. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Fishing from the quay JLP01_07_016_009
WEYMOUTH, WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND, DORSET. Looking down at a man fishing from the quayside at Weymouth Harbour. This photograph was taken during a Laing staff outing to Weymouth

A man fishes on the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, March 30, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

People are seen fishing ar the seaside during sunset in Beirut, Lebanon February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

A fisherman casts his line as the sun sets on the outskirts of Havana July 25, 2011. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A fisherman holds a rod, attached to inflated condoms used as a float, as the sun sets on Havanas seafront boulevard " El Malecon" July 13, 2013

A man fishes along the shoreline in Alexandria, Egypt March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Palestinians fish at the sea near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 13, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

An angler casts his line on the opening day of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay at Kenmore in Scotland, Britain January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

A fisherman sails to his net early morning on Lake Leman in Lausanne, Switzerland December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A man is seen though a spray of water from crashing waves as he fishes with his son in a public beach in Alexandria, August 22, 2014. Picture taken August 22, 2014

Spain, Bolonia, Tarifa. Lonely and isolated fishing rod on the shore of the beach, blue sea and sky

NEW ENGLAND: ACTIVITIES. Employments for gentlemen in New England. Line engraving, 1618, by Johann Theodore de Bry

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Playing A Fish, 1875, Reworked in 1890s. Creator: Winslow Homer
Playing A Fish, 1875, Reworked in 1890s

Angler (Le pêcheur à la ligne), 1877-1878. Creator: Alphonse Legros
Angler (Le pecheur a la ligne), 1877-1878. A single fisherman seated on a river bank surrounded by trees

Summer (colour litho)
8633260 Summer (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Summer)

Landscape with Fisherman and Washerwoman, 1790-1800 (oil on panel)
5860630 Landscape with Fisherman and Washerwoman, 1790-1800 (oil on panel) by Rathbone, John (1750-1807); 30.4--40.8 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: By John Rathbone)

The Angler (Portrait of Charles Lanman) 1846 (Oil on canvas)
8766555 The Angler (Portrait of Charles Lanman) 1846 (Oil on canvas) by Hubard, William James (1807-1862); 38.1x30.5 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art

Two children in Bavarian costumes in the water (postcard)
7377786 Two children in Bavarian costumes in the water (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

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)

Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 149
FLO5004807 Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 149, and three fishermen fishing with rod, net and line for carp in a river

Summer (colour litho)
8633181 Summer (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Summer)

A glorious day (colour litho)
8635858 A glorious day (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl in a boat with a fishing rod)

Gardening hints (colour litho)
8656159 Gardening hints (colour litho) by Buchanan, Fred (1879-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gardening hints - grub killer. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

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Advertising booklet for the Syracuse Chilled Plow Company
8677788 Advertising booklet for the Syracuse Chilled Plow Company, Syracuse, New York (chromolitho) by American School

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)
LUX4750106 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: a complete tourangelle family poses with fishing rods in front of their house before fishing, 1875; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Pays de la Loire, Vendee (85)
LUX4810554 France, Pays de la Loire, Vendee (85), Les Sables-d'Olonnes (Les sable d'Olonnes): on the pier, fishermen along the channel

First World War: France
LUX4735017 First World War: France, Humorous map of April 1 showing French fishermen catching German soldiers fish with white bread

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)
LUX4756857 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vernou: A young fisherman on the line at the edge of the Loire, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)
LUX4756820 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vernou: A fisherman on the edge of the Loire with his basket and his umbrella, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41)
LUX4760814 France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Chambord: the Chateau, fishing in the river near the washing machines, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Chambord: the Chateau

Peace, illustration by Frank Reynolds from Princess Marie-Jose's Children's Book
2607897 Peace, illustration by Frank Reynolds from Princess Marie-Jose's Children's Book, published 1916 (colour litho) by Reynolds

Exit from the port Pointe du Dauphin. Museum of History, Marseille 19th century
JEB4849170 Exit from the port Pointe du Dauphin. Museum of History, Marseille 19th century; (add.info.: Exit from the port Pointe du Dauphin)

France, Centre, Loiret (45), Olivet: Loiret, wooden walkway with angler, boating, 1890
LUX4775038 France, Centre, Loiret (45), Olivet: Loiret, wooden walkway with angler, boating, 1890; (add.info.: France, Centre, Loiret (45), Olivet: Loiret, wooden walkway with angler, boating

France: Woman fishing by a stream, 1895
LUX4788744 France: Woman fishing by a stream, 1895; (add.info.: France: Woman fishing by a stream, 1895); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

A man of the Middle Ages flies in a boat
FLO4677213 A man of the Middle Ages flies in a boat, on a lake with water lilies, accompanied by a little girl dipping her hand in the water - Lithograph from an illustration by J.E

American President Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) fishing in a lake
NWI4937656 American President Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) fishing in a lake, 1884

Thermal tourism: fishing in Vichy, France, 1905 ca postcard Private collection
ELD4936112 Thermal tourism: fishing in Vichy, France, 1905 ca postcard Private collection; (add.info.: Thermal tourism: fishing in Vichy, France)

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"Fishing Rod: A Timeless Tool for Anglers and Artists" From the serene landscapes of Brinkburn Priory in Northumberland to the satirical world of William Hogarth's false perspective, the fishing rod has left its mark on art throughout history. Whether it be fly fishing on the picturesque River Dee or braving icy waters for a catch, this versatile tool has captured the imagination of many. Even royalty couldn't resist its allure, as Prince Charles found solace while casting his line in Scotland's River Dee back in April 1988. And who could forget Ernest Hemingway, surrounded by Cuban sportsmen and boat captains during the filming of "The Old Man and the Sea" in 1956? The fishing rod became an extension of their passion and adventure. But it isn't just humans who have fallen under its spell. Even a frog was enticed into angling by J D Larkins Elite toilet soap advertisement from 1882. Such is the universal appeal of this timeless pursuit. In stained glass windows depicting Izaak Walton, we see how deeply ingrained fishing is within our culture. It symbolizes patience and tranquility as depicted by Thomas Rowlandson's "Patience in a Punt" from 1811 or James Pollard's scene of trolling for Pike along River Lea in 1831. Traveling across borders, we find ourselves at Bagni di Lucca in Italy where Harry Fenn captures Devil's Bridge over Lima River - a testament to how far anglers will go to seek out new adventures with their trusty rods. Whether you're an artist seeking inspiration or an angler searching for that perfect catch, let us not forget that behind every successful cast lies one essential tool - the humble fishing rod.