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Peter Henry Emerson — A March Pastoral (Suffolk)
Peter Henry Emerson

A March Pastoral (Suffolk)

1883

Sheep graze peacefully in the Suffolk countryside as winter gives way to spring in one of Emerson's most lyrical pastoral scenes. The soft atmospheric treatment and poetic title reflect his belief that photography could achieve the same emotional resonance as painting or literature.

Medium
Photogravure, pl. XII from the album "Pictures of East Anglian Life" (1888)

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Peter Henry Emerson, A March Pastoral (Suffolk), 1883

Sheep graze peacefully in the Suffolk countryside as winter gives way to spring in one of Emerson's most lyrical pastoral scenes. The soft atmospheric treatment and poetic title reflect his belief that photography could achieve the same emotional resonance as painting or literature.

Medium
Photogravure, pl. XII from the album "Pictures of East Anglian Life" (1888)
Year
1883
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Pastoral, Documentary, Photograph, Landscape, Suffolk, Photogravure, Sepia, British, Rural

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