Fishing

Date: 1883

Exhibited at the First Exhibition of The Institute of Painters in Oil Colours in 1883.

A sketch of the painting, engraved by Dawson, is reproduced in the exhibition catalogue: “Cat No. 316. 95. Fishing. J.W. Waterhouse, R.I.” and this is the scan shown here.

Waterhouse paints two children fishing and, as would become quite customary with his later art (e.g. The Lady of Shalott> (1894)), he depicts the moment of dénouement, the young girl having just caught a fish. The scene is set in Venice.

The location of the original painting is unknown at this time.