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Hunting and fishing

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Fishing Boat Scene
Image credit: Nairn Museum

Fishing Boat Scene

unknown artist

Nairn Museum

Hunting deer and boar was traditionally the preserve of the upper classes, sometimes even restricted to royalty. Greek mythology tells the stories, often depicted in art, of the goddess Diana and Actaeon, both hunters, and of Venus and her love for Adonis, who was killed by a boar while hunting. From Uccello’s The Hunt in the Forest of c.1470, to the mid-seventeenth century Boar Hunt by the studio of Frans Snyders, to Landseer’s gruesome The Otter Speared… of c.1844, hunting has been a popular subject in all times and places.


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Fishing as a sport and hobby is less restricted and less obviously dramatic and violent. Frequently portrayed as part of a rural landscape, fishing can symbolise a more peaceful relationship between mankind and nature.

Artworks

  • The Hunt in the Forest
    The Hunt in the Forest Paolo Uccello (1397–1475)
    Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
  • Boar Hunt
    Boar Hunt Frans Snyders (1579–1657) (studio of)
    National Trust, The Argory
  • The Otter Speared, the Earl of Aberdeen's Otterhounds
    The Otter Speared, the Earl of Aberdeen's Otterhounds Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873)
    Laing Art Gallery
  • Fishing Boat Scene
    Fishing Boat Scene unknown artist
    Nairn Museum
  • Still Life with Dead Game
    Still Life with Dead Game Willem van Aelst (1627–after 1687)
    Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries
  • Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin (1666–1702)
    Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin (1666–1702) Leonard Knyff (1650–1721)
    Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries
  • November
    November Joachim von Sandrart I (1606–1688) (after)
    The Holburne Museum
  • 572 more

Stories

  • Mary Cameron: a neglected Scottish 'hispagnoliste'

    Kenneth McConkey

  • Charles Murray Padday's 'Dogfish Season'

    Alan Taylor

  • Skeletons and art in Hull Maritime Museum

    Hazel Buchan Cameron

  • Going down the rabbit hole

    Jade King

Learning resources

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    Video
    Sculpture in focus: 'Hunter and His Dog' relief by Oliver Laric
    • CfE L2 (SCO)
      PS3 (WAL)
      KS2 (NI)
      KS2 (ENG)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)
  • screenshot-2022-11-09-at-09-34-59-1.jpg
    Video
    Sculpture in focus: 'The Hunter and the Dog' by John Gibson
    • CfE L2 (SCO)
      PS3 (WAL)
      KS2 (NI)
      KS2 (ENG)
      KS3 (ENG)
      KS3 (NI)
      CfE L3 (SCO)
      KS3 (WAL)

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