About this piece
Raphael Tuck and Sons Oilette postcard, "The Norfolk Broads - An Eel Fisher", from "The Norfolk Broads" Series IV, Postcard 6488. The painted scene shows an eel fisher's tarred houseboat moored among reeds at dusk, smoke drifting from the cabin, with an artist's signature at lower left. Tuck's Post Card back (undivided, "For Address Only") with the royal arms, "Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King and Queen" and "Printed in England." Standard size, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches, vertical format. Posted and in used condition with light edge and corner wear and an address on the back.
The back carries Tuck's printed caption describing the eel fishers' house-boats, "formed from old ships' boats, with sides raised and roofed in", and noting that on a dark night "as many as 40 stones of eels have been taken in one net."
Flag cancel from Salem, 1908, 5 PM (month partly struck), with a green 1 cent Franklin stamp. Addressed in ink to Miss Mary Esther Burton, 203 Wilson Street, Salem, Ohio. No message.
The back carries Tuck's printed caption describing the eel fishers' house-boats, "formed from old ships' boats, with sides raised and roofed in", and noting that on a dark night "as many as 40 stones of eels have been taken in one net."
Flag cancel from Salem, 1908, 5 PM (month partly struck), with a green 1 cent Franklin stamp. Addressed in ink to Miss Mary Esther Burton, 203 Wilson Street, Salem, Ohio. No message.
