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Peter Henry Emerson — Rope-Spinning
Peter Henry Emerson

Rope-Spinning

1887

Traditional maritime crafts receive careful attention in Emerson's detailed study, preserving vanishing skills through his innovative combination of photography and printmaking.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. XIX 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, Rope-Spinning, 1887

Traditional maritime crafts receive careful attention in Emerson's detailed study, preserving vanishing skills through his innovative combination of photography and printmaking.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. XIX 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

Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Labor, Photoetching, Narrative, British, Rural, Pictorialism, Black and White

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art