| Samuel A. Kilbourne Gallery |
| Game Fishes of the United States | |||
| When the noted artist Samuel Kilbourne died in May of 1881, he had just completed a series of illustrations for his book, Game Fishes of the United States. This work gave Kilbourne the opportunity to combine his two most notable artistic talents, landscape painting and fish painting, and his masterful combination resulted in a series of spectacular images. Each illustration depicts a fish either in the water eating or fighting a fisherman's line, or drawn up on a hank by the waterside. The fish are amazingly vivid, their shimmering colors and delicate scales almost tangible to the viewer. Kilbourne conveyed perfectly the drama of the sport, as well as the beauty of the natural surroundings. His landscapes are beautifully detailed with foreground foliage, and delicately rendered backgrounds of trees or sailboats. | |||
| Publication City: Boston: Armstrong and Co Medium: Chromolithograph Dimensions: 14 x 20 1/2 inches Date: l878-1881 | |||
| SELECTIONS FROM THIS WORK | |||
 Muskie Lunge details |  The California Salmon details |  The Grayling details |  The Kingfish and The Whiting details |  The Mackerel details |  The Mackerel details |  The Sea Bass or Southern Blackfish details |  The Sheepshead details |  The Striped Bass details | | | |
