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Peter Henry Emerson — Coming Home from the Marshes
Peter Henry Emerson

Coming Home from the Marshes

1886

Opening Emerson's influential photographic album, the platinum print establishes the contemplative mood of rural life that would define his documentary approach to the Norfolk landscape.

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

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Peter Henry Emerson, Coming Home from the Marshes, 1886

Opening Emerson's influential photographic album, the platinum print establishes the contemplative mood of rural life that would define his documentary approach to the Norfolk landscape.

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

Related themes

Naturalistic, Monochrome, Serene, Marshes, Documentary, Landscape, Modern, Platinum Print, British, Rural

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art