Sardine Drift Net Fishing - Original 18th C. Engraving - Sáñez Reguart

Original 18th century engraving of sardine fishing with the sardinal: a long cork-buoyed drift net is shot from a rowing boat, with the coast and a ship in the distance. The letters refer to the explanation in the text. Below: "Dicc. Tom. V. Pag. 270. Lam. LV".

From the Diccionario histórico de los artes de la pesca nacional by Antonio Sáñez Reguart (Madrid, 1791-1795). The sardinal, a drift net for sardine, was for centuries one of the most widespread fishing methods on the Mediterranean coast and the cause of constant lawsuits between fishermen's guilds.

Medium: Copper engraving
Source: Diccionario histórico de los artes de la pesca nacional by Antonio Sáñez Reguart, vol. V, pl. LV (Madrid, 1791-1795)
Date: 18th century
Dimensions: 7.7 x 10.1 in (19.5 x 25.6 cm)
Condition: Paper clean with slight toning; plate mark crisp and margins preserved