"THE GILL-NET COD FISHERY"
Authentic original antique print engraving published in "The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States", 1887. By: George Brown Goode. Plate 38. Titled, "THE GILL-NET COD FISHERY". Very good + condition, measures approx. 9x11.5 inches. The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States was a multi-volume work by Goode and United States Fisheries commissioner Spencer F. Baird. Read below for history of the publication. This is an original antique NOT a reproduction. All items are shipped shrink wrapped flat on acid free backing.
The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States
The fish and marine life engravings from this publication were done as drawings from real specimens or sketches from the Fisheries Industries walks of life from around the country. The specimens were then stored at the Smithsonian. Once the artwork was engraved onto a copper plate it was printed and bound into multiple books showing marine specimens and the Fisheries Industries lifestyle. I have taken these books apart and offering these prints while they last, this publication is becoming very rare. Below is a brief synopsis of the work behind the artwork.
The famed ichthyologist (fish scientist), Smithsonian Museum administrator, and U.S. Fish Commissioner, George Brown Goode managed a large scientific staff to research and write this compendium of the state of the American fisheries in the early 1880s. It is a monumental, multi-volume work that describes fish and their life histories, ecological relationships, the equipment, and methods of American fishermen, as well as the American fishermen's way of life.
In 1871, Congress created the U.S. Commission of Fish and
Fisheries to study declining fisheries and recommend solutions to reverse this
trend. Acknowledging that the U.S. lacked fundamental knowledge of its
fisheries, the first head of the Commission, Spencer Baird, initiated a
research program to study fishes and their marine environment, fishing
equipment and methods, fisheries statistics, and fish culture and propagation.
Content Scope
To help answer the need for more detailed information on the history and current state of the U.S. fishing industry, George Brown Goode, Baird's assistant and later the Assistant Director of the National Museum (precursor to the Smithsonian), oversaw the research, writing, and publication of The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States.
Illustrations
This treatise is profusely illustrated and has entire sections devoted to plates of animals of the sea, as well as prevalent fishing methods at the time. Among those who illustrated these seminal volumes were Captain J.W. Collins, an expert on New England fisheries for the Fish Commission; Henry Wood Elliott, an early advocate of fur seal conservation, who also illustrated an edition of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes; Captain B.F. Conklin; and J.S. Ryder. T.W. Smillie, the chief photographer for the Smithsonian, contributed photographs.
Part of the Census
Author: George Brown
Goode (1851-1896)
Date Published:
1884-1887
Publisher: U.S.
Government Printing Office
Location: Washington, D.C.
Reference- NOAA