Peter Henry Emerson
Eel-Picking in Suffolk Waters

ArtistBritish, born Cuba, 1856–1936
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Eel-Picking in Suffolk Waters
  • from the album Pictures of East Anglian Life
Datec. 1886, printed 1888
Place depictedEngland
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 9 in. (18.4 × 22.9 cm)
Plate: 9 3/4 × 11 in. (24.8 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (34.3 × 42.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Hershkowitz Limited in memory of Sam Wagstaff
Object number2014.607
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Robert Hershkowitz Limited, Sussex, England]; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printedbottom left corner of the image: P.H.EMERSON.

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