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Peter Henry Emerson — At the Grindstone-A Suffolk Farmyard
Peter Henry Emerson

At the Grindstone-A Suffolk Farmyard

1883

Farm life receives dignified artistic treatment in Emerson's composition, reflecting his conviction that rural labor deserved the same serious photographic attention traditionally reserved for portraiture and landscape.

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

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Peter Henry Emerson, At the Grindstone-A Suffolk Farmyard, 1883

Farm life receives dignified artistic treatment in Emerson's composition, reflecting his conviction that rural labor deserved the same serious photographic attention traditionally reserved for portraiture and landscape.

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

Related themes

Naturalistic, Documentary, 19th Century, Labor, Farmyard, Photogravure, Sepia, Monochromatic, British, Rural

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art