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Peter Henry Emerson — The old Ship
Peter Henry Emerson

The old Ship

1887

Part of Emerson's groundbreaking photographic album documenting Norfolk's maritime life, capturing an aging vessel with the atmospheric quality that made him a pioneer of naturalistic photography.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. VII 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, The old Ship, 1887

Part of Emerson's groundbreaking photographic album documenting Norfolk's maritime life, capturing an aging vessel with the atmospheric quality that made him a pioneer of naturalistic photography.

Medium
Photoetching, pl. VII 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

Naturalistic, Atmospheric, Documentary, 19th Century, Landscape, Photoetching, Water, British, Rural, Tonal

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art