Antique fish and game prints from the "Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York"
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Sheet size: approximately 11.25 x 8.25 inches
some prints are blank verso but most have text and/or illustration on the back
PLEASE CLICK ON THUMBNAIL IMAGES FOR AN ENLARGED VIEW.
SOME CORNER/EDGE WEAR TO BE EXPECTED FOR THESE ANTIQUE PRINTS.
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Sherman Foote Denton (1856–1937), provided the watercolor illustrations for some 100 chromolithographs documenting various species of North American fish and a few of other wildlife for the State of New York Fisheries, Game, and Forest Commission's Annual Reports from 1895 to 1909. The State of New York illustrations are widely admired for their detail and color to this day. Denton was a Renaissance man: naturalist, traveler, artist, entrepreneur, collector, inventor and author. His interest in natural history encompassed not only fish, but butterflies and moths, insects, birds, fossils, freshwater pearls and gems. During the 1880s, he and his brothers went on trips to the Western U.S. and accompanied their father, a geologist, on an expedition to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, where collected natural history specimens. Returning to the U.S., Denton worked as an artist for the United States Fish Commission at the Smithsonian Institute between 1896 and 1890, where he illustrated their reports and also developed and patented a method for mounting fish without losing the natural colors. He became the leading maker of fish models for collectors and museums such as the Smithsonian, the Field Museum in Chicago and the Agassiz Museum at Harvard. He also invented a method for mounting butterflies, and amassed the most important collection of freshwater pearls in the U.S. |
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References:
"Sherman Denton, Naturalist, Dead." Boston Herald American. June 25, 1937.
Steinhacker, Charles. "The Fish Prints of S.F. Denton." The American Fly Fisher.Vol. 20, No. 3. Summer 1994. |
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Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.) |
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REF 32 |
IN THE FOREST |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is printed) |
$5 |
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REF 33 |
WOODLAND TROUT POOL |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 34 |
MORNING IN THE CAMP |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is printed) |
$5 |
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REF 35 |
MAIN BUILDING OF THE ADIRONDACK COTTAGE SANITARIUM |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 36 |
LIBRARY OF THE ADIRONDACK COTTAGE SANITARIUM
SANITARIUM COTTAGE OF THE ADIRONDACK COTTAGE SANITARIUM |
typical age toning of paper, short tear bottom left margin |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 37 |
CHAPEL OF THE ADIRONDACK COTTAGE SANITARIUM |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 38 |
GROUP OF COTTAGES OF THE ADIRONDACK COTTAGE SANITARIUM |
typical age toning of paper, ripple in paper left margin outside image area |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 39 |
AN IDEAL BATTLE GROUND |
typical age toning of paper, ripple in paper lower text area near margin |
(Opposite side is printed, along with another illustration titled "An Early Start" with canoers on river) |
$5 |
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REF 40 |
HOW A PROPERLY LUMBERED FOREST LOOKS
BURNING BRUSH IN THE COLLEGE FOREST |
typical age toning of paper, ripple in paper lower margin |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 41 |
FUEL WOOD AND HARDWOOD LOGS
A BELT OF TIMBER... |
typical age toning of paper, ripple in paper lower margin |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 42 |
STUDENTS AND LOGGERS IN PERMANENT CAMP...
BOARDING HOUSE AT AXTON |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 43 |
NURSERY AT AXTON
THE OFFICE AT AXTON |
typical age toning of paper |
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$10 |
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REF 44 |
AXTON IN EARLY SPRING
SURVEYORS' CAMP IN COLLEGE FOREST |
typical age toning of paper |
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$10 |
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REF 45 |
A MODERN LOGGING CAMP IN COLLEGE FOREST, CAMP WAWBEEK
(4 OTHER PHOTOS) |
typical age toning of paper |
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$10 |
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REF 46 |
POWER SPRAYING OUTFIT IN OPERATION |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$15 |
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REF 47 |
SUGAR FOREST DEFOLIATED BY TENT CATERPILLARS... |
typical age toning of paper |
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$10 |
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REF 48 |
TIME AND PLACE FOR PLOVER |
typical age toning of paper |
(Opposite side is printed, along with another illustration titled "Resting" with 2 ducks on river) |
$5 |
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Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.) |
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REF 49 |
[SAND DUNES ON JERSEY SHORE] |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$15 |
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Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.) |
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REF 50 |
LAKEWOOD (N.J.) DRIVEWAY THROUGH THE PINES |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 51 |
ARCACHON, FRANCE
IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE PINE-COVERED DUNE-LAND, IN THE FOREGROUND OYSTER-PARCS |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 52 |
SAND BLUFF
SAND DUNE |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper, paper loss left side and tear into image on bottom |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 53 |
WATTLE WORK, TO HOLD UP AN EMBANKMENT, IN GERMANY |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 54 |
A PLANTATION OF BEACH GRASS ON THE DUTCH DUNES
A BLEAK BIT OF COAST |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 55 |
AN AVENUE ON THE CREST OF A SAND-DUNE IN HOLLAND |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 56 |
A PINERY ON THE DUNES NEAR ARCHACHON, FRANCE |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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REF 57 |
PLANTATION OF BEACH-GRASS AND PITCH-PINE ON CAPE COD, FOR THE FIXATION OF THE SOIL
PLANTATION IN FOREGROUND, MOVING DUNE IN BACKGROUND, ON CAPE COD |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper, ragged left edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.) |
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REF 58 |
CHRISTINE FALLS
(ON SACANDAGE RIVER, JUST BELOW BURNHAM'S MILLS) |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$15 |
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Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.) |
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REF 59 |
LOWER CHRISTINE FALLS
(ON SACANDAGE RIVER, JUST BELOW BURNHAM'S MILLS) |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$15 |
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REF 60 |
JUST FISHING |
typical age toning of paper, damp stain edge of paper, faint crease through image |
(Opposite side is blank) |
$10 |
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(black and white prints from 1899)
For more Denton fish and wildlife color prints from the year 1896, click here
For Denton fish and wildlife prints from the year 1898, click here
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