Antique fish and game prints from the "Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York"
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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. |

(original color prints from the 1897 Second Annual Report) |
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[THE DEAD DEER] |
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THE MASCALONGE JUMPS |
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SHAD POLES IN NEW YORK BAY |
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BLANK ON OPPOSITE SIDE, SOME PAPER DAMAGE AT UPPER RIGHT (WELL AWAY FROM IMAGE AREA) |
OYSTER STEAMER WITH 'MOP' HANGING AT GANGWAY |
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STAR FISH MOP |
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STEAM OYSTER DREDGE |
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IN THE FOREST |
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TENT LIFE IN THE ADIRONDACKS |
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CAMPING ON THE LOWER SARANAC |
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AT HOME IN THE FOREST |
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THE DRINKING POOL |
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THE LAST FISH FOR THE DAY |
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TROLLING FOR BLACK BASS |
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A LAND-LOCKED SALMON |
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GAFFING A LAKE TROUT / A CRITICAL MOMENT |
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BROOK TROUT FROM A RESTOCKED ADIRONDACK LAKE |
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STRIPPING A TROUT |
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STARFISH PICKED FROM THE 'MOP' |
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'MOP' LIFTED INBOARD. STARFISH IN THE TANGLES. |
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'TONGING' OYSTERS |
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A GOOD FISH |
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SALMON FISHING |
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TEAR AT EDGE
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MATED / A RABBIT HOUND |
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AN OPEN SHOT |
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A GOOD POINT |
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A GO AT THE QUAIL |
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SETTER HEAD |
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WOODCOCK |
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ON THE TRAIL |
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THE STORY OF THE DEER |
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PINE ISLAND, RAQUETTE LAKE |
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ROUND POND, TOWNSHIP 50, HAMILTON COUNTY |
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THE GERSTER COTTAGE, RAQUETTE LAKE |
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LITTLE ROCK ISLAND, RAQUETTE LAKE |
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OSPREY ISLAND, RAQUETTE LAKE |
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OSPREY ISLAND, RAQUETTE LAKE |
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PINE ISLAND, RAQUETTE LAKE. FROM THE GERSTER COTTAGE. |
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A PRIMEVAL FOREST, CLEAR LAKE |
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THE PROFESSOR'S CAMP
Clear Lake, Red Horse Chain |
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TROUT LAKE, RED HORSE CHAIN |
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NEAR WITCHHOPPLE LAKE |
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BIG CROOKED LAKE, RED HORSE CHAIN |
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SUMMIT LAKE, RED HORSE CHAIN |
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BEAVER RIVER, JUST ABOVE STATE DAM |
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ON THE BEAVER RIVER
Flowed Lands and Damage caused by the State Dam
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ON THE BEAVER RIVER
Forest Destruction caused by a State Dam
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STATE DAM ON THE BEAVER RIVER
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THE JOHN BROWN FARM AND HOMESTEAD |
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STONE ERECTED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEED OF GIFT |
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PUBLIC EXERCISES AT THE TRANSFER OF THE JOHN BROWN FARM TO THE STATE |
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JOHN BROWN'S GRAVE |
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THE JOHN BROWN ROCK |
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JOHN BROWN'S WRITING TABLE, CHAIR AND BOOKCASE |
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LOG JAM IN HUDSON RIVER AT BIG BOOM, NEAR GLENS FALLS |
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PULP WOOD AT PALMER, UPPER HUDSON RIVER |
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UNDEVELOPED WATER POWER ON THE INDIAN RIVER |
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UPPER SCHROON RIVER VALLEY. A WELL FORESTED DRAINAGE AREA. |
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LUMBERMAN'S DAM BELOW LAKE PLEASANT |
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MILL AND WATER POWER ABANDONED ON ACCOUNT OF DEFORESTED DRAINAGE AREA |
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(COLOR prints from the 1897 Second Annual Report) |
For Denton fish and wildlife prints from the year 1896, click here
For Denton fish and wildlife prints from the year 1898, click here
For Denton fish and wildlife prints from the year 1899, click here
For Denton fish and wildlife prints from the year 1902, click here
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