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Crafty Angler · 11-22-2008, 02:44 PM

Finished frame sizing is approx. 12x18" - the print is 8 1/2 x 11" and is French matted.

This is an ultra-clean original from the NY Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission Report - they were hard-cover volumes with these chromolithographs tipped (glued) into the spine - I've forgotten which year volume the bonito was in, but the print is over 100 years old and in perfect condition.

This is the Denton bonito:

11-22-2008, 02:44 PM	#5
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Finished frame sizing is approx. 12x18" - the print is 8 1/2 x 11" and is French matted. This is an ultra-clean original from the NY Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission Report - they were hard-cover volumes with these chromolithographs tipped (glued) into the spine - I've forgotten which year volume the bonito was in, but the print is over 100 years old and in perfect condition. This is the Denton bonito: Attached Thumbnails
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.