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Peter Henry Emerson — Great Yarmouth Harbour
Peter Henry Emerson

Great Yarmouth Harbour

1887

Bustling maritime commerce fills Great Yarmouth's historic harbor in Emerson's detailed photoetching, opening his comprehensive visual narrative of English coastal life and industry.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. I 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, Great Yarmouth Harbour, 1887

Bustling maritime commerce fills Great Yarmouth's historic harbor in Emerson's detailed photoetching, opening his comprehensive visual narrative of English coastal life and industry.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. I 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

Monochrome, Atmospheric, Documentary, 19th Century, Harbor, Landscape, Photoetching, Water, Nature, British

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art