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Peter Henry Emerson — A Rushy Shore
Peter Henry Emerson

A Rushy Shore

1886

Natural textures and organic forms are rendered with platinum's distinctive luminosity, balancing scientific documentation with aesthetic appreciation.

Medium
Platinum print, pl. XXXV from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)

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Peter Henry Emerson, A Rushy Shore, 1886

Natural textures and organic forms are rendered with platinum's distinctive luminosity, balancing scientific documentation with aesthetic appreciation.

Medium
Platinum print, pl. XXXV from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)
Year
1886
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Serene, 19th Century, Photograph, Landscape, Naturalism, Water, Platinum Print, British, Rural

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art