组六谢尔曼富特丹顿(1856 - 1937)古董淡水鱼类彩色平版印刷包括银白鲑Wall-Eyed派克,大头鱼,Mascalonge,鲤科鱼,和思科的铁杉湖,所有纠结和陷害
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谢尔曼富特丹顿(1856 - 1937),提供了约100的水彩插图彩色平版印刷记录各种物种的北美鱼类和其他野生动物的几个纽约州渔业、游戏,和森林委员会从1895年到1909年的年度报告。纽约州的插图是广受赞誉的细节和颜色。丹顿是一个多才多艺的人:博物学家,旅行者,艺术家、企业家、收藏家、发明家和作者。他对自然历史的兴趣包含不仅鱼,但是蝴蝶和飞蛾,昆虫,鸟类,化石,淡水珍珠和宝石。在1880年代,他和他的兄弟继续前往美国西部和陪同他们的父亲,一个地质学家,远征到澳大利亚,新西兰和新几内亚,他们收集的自然历史标本。回到美国,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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