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Peter Henry Emerson — The Fringe of the Marsh
Peter Henry Emerson

The Fringe of the Marsh

1886

Soft focus and careful composition transform a simple marsh scene into a meditation on England's vanishing pastoral landscape.

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

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Peter Henry Emerson, The Fringe of the Marsh, 1886

Soft focus and careful composition transform a simple marsh scene into a meditation on England's vanishing pastoral landscape.

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

Related themes

Norfolk Broads, Marshland, Landscape, Victorian Era, Platinum Print, Naturalistic Photography, British, Pictorialism

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art