Sherman F. Denton (1856-1937) is best known for the fish illustrations 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 Annual reports from 1895-1909. A selection of Denton’s fish illustrations from prior Forest, Fish and Game Commission efforts was incorporated into the 1913 Portfolio of Game Birds and Fishes of North America, published by The University Society. New York. The portfolio is a most attractive presentation of 40 chromolithographic plate prints with 20 prints of fish by artist Sherman Foote Denton plus 20 prints of birds by artists J.L. Ridgway and W.B. Gillette. An original 1913 portfolio of all 40 prints can be found in the Buffalo River Co library. It has been said of said of Denton’s work … No colored figures of fishes in existence exceed the prints for truthfulness or beauty of execution. Surely it was the mix of science, art and romance so miraculously coalesced into one human spirit that enabled Denton to produce these superlative fish images. To look at the Male Brook Trout or the Atlantic Salmon on a cold and snowy January night is to admire the beauty of the fish that we seek and fish for … and will soon again. For if truth be known, it may well have been the fish prints of Sherman F. Denton that provided the comfort to see many an angler through the long and fishless winter. We have archivally scanned all 40 prints (20 fish and 20 birds) in the original portfolio. Our digital archivist has lightly restored and enhanced the images in preparation for printing your Giclee print order. We print the entire image as it was created many years ago. That means we also reproduce the artworks aged patina, subtle imperfections, and signs of aging. Our Giclee prints are created to look like the original, as if you wandered into a vintage store and saw it hanging on the wall with an aged patina that only the vestige of time can impart … so that their timeless essence is evoked for display in your home, office, mountain cabin, or lake house.
