Night Fishing at the Entrance to a Cave

A watercolor and ink drawing shows fishermen in a wooden rowboat at the mouth of a large rocky cave, lit by a flaming torch on the bow. One figure in the boat holds a net while others pole and steady the boat, with a fisherman on the right wading near the rocks and a figure standing on the left shore.

Artist

Saverio della Gatta

Date

1828

Medium

Pen and black ink and water colors on wove paper.

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3128 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum