Denton, Sherman F.  “Spanish Mackerel.”
Denton, Sherman F.  “Spanish Mackerel.”
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Denton, Sherman F. “Spanish Mackerel.”

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Sherman F. Denton.  “Spanish Mackerel.”  From Game Fish of New York

New York, circa. 1895-1907.  Chromolithograph.  8 ½ x 11 (paper size).  Very good condition.

This series of fine colored game fish was produced around the turn of the century when game fishing and hunting became more of a sport than a necessity for many Americans.  It was part of the mystique of Teddy Roosevelt and other famous outdoorsmen.  The images were drawn by Sherman Foote Denton, who worked as an artist for the U.S. Fish Commission at the Smithsonian Institute  and developed a method of mounting fish that preserved their colors as in life.  The State of New York Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission then hired Denton to illustrate their annual reports between 1895 and 1907.  Denton superb drawings were printed in colors, like his mounted fish, reproducing vividly the appearance of the live fish.  These are the standard by which all subsequent fish prints are judged.

Other images from Game Fish of New York:

Sea Bass

White Bass

Bonito

The Bullhead

Butter Fish

Spotted Catfish

Cisco from Hemlock Lake

Cod

Fall Fish or Silver Chub

Flounder

Adirondack Frost Fish

Golden Shiner or Bream

Haddock

Halibut

Sea Herring

Common Mackerel

Yellow Mackerel

Mascalonge

Maskalonge [with fly]

Moon-Eye

Yellow or Barred Perch

White Perch

Banded Pickerel

The Pickerel from a Pond in Massachusetts

Pompano

Short Pompano

Rose Fish 

Atlantic Salmon

Female Land Locked Salmon

Male Land Locked Salmon

Scup; Porgy

The Shad

Hickory Shad

The Smelt

Red Snapper

Spade Fish; Triple Tail

Tom Cod or Frost Fish

White Fish

Common Whitefish Male