Catching a Tarpon
date: label: date made
content: 1889
name: label: publisher; copywriter
content: Bradlee Whidden
label: lithographer
content: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
label: artist
content: Cozzens, Frederic Schiller
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred S. Cozzens. It depicts a large tarpon jumping out of the water. Two men in a boat in the background are holding the line and attempting to pull the fish in. The scene was to have occurred in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida and the shoreline is depicted in the background.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The artist was Frederic Schiller Cozzens (1846-1928) who was known for maritime scenes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1880-1889
label: Subject
content: Fishing
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publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sport or Fishing and Shooting
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2725
label: catalog number
content: 60.2725
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chromolithograph
label: Object Type
content: Chromolithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 12 in x 18 in; 30.48 cm x 45.72 cm