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Peter Henry Emerson — A Rope Walk
Peter Henry Emerson

A Rope Walk

1887

Traditional rope manufacturing unfolds in Emerson's linear composition, preserving an important maritime craft through the documentary precision of photoetching.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. XXVIII from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew" (1890)

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Peter Henry Emerson, A Rope Walk, 1887

Traditional rope manufacturing unfolds in Emerson's linear composition, preserving an important maritime craft through the documentary precision of photoetching.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. XXVIII from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew" (1890)
Year
1887
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Vintage, Monochrome, Document, Atmospheric, 19th Century, Landscape, Photoetching, Water, Nature, British

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art