The Old Fish Market, SandhiII by John Dobson (1787-1865), Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
John Dobson (1787-1865)
The Old Fish Market, SandhiII, about 1823
Watercolour and pencil
Given by Miss M. J. Dobson, 1905
Fishwives are laying out their wares on tables in the Fishmarket on the Quayside at Newcastle. While the men went to sea to catch the fish, the women in the family sold the fish at market John Dobson’s design for a covered Fishmarket was built in 1823-26, and was added to the end of the Guildhall on the Quayside.
