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Peter Henry Emerson — Cattle on the Marshes
Peter Henry Emerson

Cattle on the Marshes

1886

Pastoral tranquility is captured through platinum's exceptional ability to render subtle gradations in both sky and water reflections.

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

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Peter Henry Emerson, Cattle on the Marshes, 1886

Pastoral tranquility is captured through platinum's exceptional ability to render subtle gradations in both sky and water reflections.

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

Related themes

Monochrome, Documentary, 19th Century, Landscape, Naturalism, Nature, Platinum Print, British, Rural, Cattle

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art