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Peter Henry Emerson — On the River Bure
Peter Henry Emerson

On the River Bure

1886

Serving as the album's opening image, the frontispiece establishes the project's documentary scope while demonstrating platinum printing's exceptional detail and permanence.

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

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Peter Henry Emerson, On the River Bure, 1886

Serving as the album's opening image, the frontispiece establishes the project's documentary scope while demonstrating platinum printing's exceptional detail and permanence.

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

Related themes

Naturalistic, River, Monochrome, Serene, Documentary, 19th Century, Landscape, Platinum Print, British, Pictorialism

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art