Net Fishing from a Boat - Original Sáñez Reguart Engraving - 18th Century

Original 18th-century engraving of a fishing scene: five oarsmen and a fisherman casting bait from the bow, with sailing craft in the distance and flocks of birds over the water.

It comes from the "Diccionario histórico de los artes de la pesca nacional" by Antonio Sáñez Reguart, published in Madrid between 1791 and 1795, the standard work on Spanish fishing gear of the Ancien Régime and much prized for its copper engravings. The lettering places it: "Dicc. Tom. V. Pag. 280. Lam. LIX".

Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Date: 1795 (volume V of the work).
Source: Antonio Sáñez Reguart, "Diccionario histórico de los artes de la pesca nacional", Madrid, 1791-1795; vol. V, p. 280, engraving LIX.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 10.6 in (19 x 27 cm).
Condition: Good impression. Margins somewhat trimmed and the sheet backed with a support leaf; light foxing spots.