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Rail shooting on the Delaware. [graphic].
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Contributor
Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Title
Rail shooting on the Delaware. [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia : T. Sinclair]
Date
c1866
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 61 x 81 cm. (24 x 32 in.)
Description
Genre print showing two men standing in a small boat navigating through the tall reeds and lily pads of a marshy section of the Delaware River. The gentleman in the front of the boat is poised to shoot a rail, a slow and steady game bird, while the man in the back poles slowly through the water.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
Smithsonian Institution, NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection: DL*60.2797
Subject
Game bird hunting -- Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Rowboats.
Geographic subject
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Genre prints -- 1860-1870.
Location
Smithsonian Institution| NMAH Home and Community Life Collection| SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL*60.2797]
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection
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