Whitby Fishermen
c. 1885
Medium
carbon print
Dimensions
image: 24.4 x 29.3 cm (9 5/8 x 11 9/16 in.) sheet: 25 x 30 cm (9 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
1999.57.2
Art Historical Context
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe's *Whitby Fishermen*c. 1885) captures the rugged essence of life in the coastal town of Whitby, Yorkshire England—a historic fishing hub on the North Sea. Sutcliffe, a pioneering British photographer born in 1853, much of his career to documenting daily labors of local fishermen, portraying them not as quaint subjects but as resilient figures emblematic of Victorian working-class endurance. This carbon print, measuring about 24.4 x 29.3 cm, evokes the maritime environment through its evocative composition, likely highlighting weathered faces, coiled ropes, and the sea's ...