An Image of St Andrews in 1845
St Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the Lines (c. 1845)The earliest surviving films of St Andrews from 1916. The photograph known as St. Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the Line depicts a group of fisherfolk, predominantly women and children, baiting fishing lines. Found today in the National Galleries Scotland, it was taken by the hugely influential photographers, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, and is estimated to date from 1845. Yet, this image would be revisited and reworked throughout the...
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