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Peter Henry Emerson — Low Water on Breydon
Peter Henry Emerson

Low Water on Breydon

1887

Expansive mudflats stretch across Breydon Water at low tide in Emerson's panoramic study, capturing the dramatic tidal transformations that defined East Anglian coastal geography.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. II 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, Low Water on Breydon, 1887

Expansive mudflats stretch across Breydon Water at low tide in Emerson's panoramic study, capturing the dramatic tidal transformations that defined East Anglian coastal geography.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. II 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, Serene, Landscape, Photoetching, Early Modern, Nature, British, Pictorialism, Black and White

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art