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Item Number: 128763
Title: Cornwall’s ‘Fisherfolk’: Fact and Fiction through the eyes of the Newlyn Artists
Author: O'Neill, Mary
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781908326591
Description: Bristol: Sansom, 2014. 27cm., pbk., 128pp. illus. Summary: Cornwall’s ‘fisherfolk’: fact and fiction through the eyes of the Newlyn Artists, the first book on ‘Newlyn School’ paintings for some years (as opposed to individual artist monographs), examines Cornish fisherfolk imagery in a fresh light. It integrates local research into broader national and international debates on the fisherfolk genre. It explores the concept of models selected from Cornwall’s fishing populations and offered to the spectator as ideal national types – as model citizens. Regional versions of London’s 1883 International Fisheries Exhibition enabled the Cornish to present themselves as a proud, independent seafaring people. Press coverage of such events typified contemporary debates elevating rural, homely values over those of urban Britain.
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