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Peter Henry Emerson — Ricking the Reed
Peter Henry Emerson

Ricking the Reed

1886

Seasonal marsh work gains monumental quality through Emerson's platinum printing technique, which renders the textures of bundled reeds and working figures with exceptional clarity.

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

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Peter Henry Emerson, Ricking the Reed, 1886

Seasonal marsh work gains monumental quality through Emerson's platinum printing technique, which renders the textures of bundled reeds and working figures with exceptional clarity.

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

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Figural, Reed Beds, Serene, Documentary, Landscape, Rural Life, Nature, Platinum Print, British

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art