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LOT 5199:
American Lobster - Female underside by S Denton 1899
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American Lobster - Female underside by S Denton 1899
This plate is by Sherman F. Denton from the Forest, Fish and Game Commission NYS Annual Report 1895-1900.
Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937) is best known for the nature drawings that he was commissioned to illustrate for the US Fish Commission (later the US Fish and Wildlife Service) and the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York State.
Born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Denton was a multi-talented artist, scientist and an entrepreneur. From a family of naturalists, he along with his brothers William, Winsford and Shelley (a noted naturalist in his time) became famous at the 1900 Paris Exposition for their award-winning moth and butterfly collections.
Denton was also renowned among the leading naturalists of his day for developing and patenting methods to preserve fish, butterflies and moths in a much more life-like state.
Size: 11.25in x 8.25in (28.5cm x 21cm)
Condition: The print is in excellent condition - please inspect the image carefully as it is very accurate.
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