The American Lobster 1896
Chromolithographs based on the work of Francis Hobart Herrick
Francis Hobart Herrick (1858-1940) was for many decades Professor of Biology at Western Reserve University, Ohio. His early research focused on the American lobster in New England. His work revealed that over-harvesting egg-producing adult lobsters was threatening the species and risking destruction of the American lobster industry.
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Chromolithographs published in Washington for the Government Printing Office, 1896. They were originally produced for the ‘Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission’. Presented in cream mounts with a natural ash frames.
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