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Peter Henry Emerson — Bound for the North Sea
Peter Henry Emerson

Bound for the North Sea

1887

Fishing vessels prepare for their journey in Emerson's dynamic composition, capturing both the scale of Norfolk's fishing industry and the individual human stories within it.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. VIII 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, Bound for the North Sea, 1887

Fishing vessels prepare for their journey in Emerson's dynamic composition, capturing both the scale of Norfolk's fishing industry and the individual human stories within it.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. VIII 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

Naturalistic, Monochrome, Documentary, Late Nineteenth Century, Landscape, Photoetching, Water, Narrative, Adventurous, British

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art