Fisherfolk
by Isa Thompson
Title
Fisherfolk
Artist
Isa Thompson
Medium
Painting - Painting
Description
Isa Thompson was one of many late-19th century artist who were interested in showing working people in a straightforward, unsentimental way; The two fishwives in this picture are collecting seaweed and driftwood to burn on their cottage fire; Their bonnets are the type worn at Staithes, Yorkshire; Isa Thompson had lived their for a period, and continued to visit after moving back to her home area of the North East; She married the artist Robert Jobling in 1893;
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January 17th, 2023
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