Trout Fishing

Description (Brief):

This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.

Description (Brief)

This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 3. Trout Fishing. Henry Sandham. Depicted is a fisherman standing in a stream fishing. The scene is set in a forest.

Description (Brief)

The artist was Henry Sandham (1842-1910), a Canadian born illustrator and artist of hunting and fishing scenes.

Date Made: 1889

Publisher; Copywriter: Bradlee WhiddenLithographer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing CompanyArtist: Sandham, Henry

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston

Subject: Chronology: 1880-1889FishingDepicted: Trees

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See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Art, Peters Prints, Domestic Furnishings

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Related Publication: Sport or Fishing and Shooting

Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.2727Catalog Number: 60.2727Accession Number: 228146

Object Name: chromolithographObject Type: Chromolithograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 18 in x 12 in; 45.72 cm x 30.48 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-ce5e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_325028

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