TW426805 Fisherfolk (oil on canvas) by Thompson, Isa (Isa Jobling) (1851-1926); 121.6x91 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: Isa Thompson was one of many late-19th century artist who were interested in showing working people in a straightforward, unsentimental way; The two fishwives in this picture are collecting seaweed and driftwood to burn on their cottage fire; Their bonnets are the type worn at Staithes, Yorkshire; Isa Thompson had lived their for a period, and continued to visit after moving back to her home area of the North East; She married the artist Robert Jobling in 1893;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; British, out of copyright.