Peter Henry Emerson
The Fringe of the Marsh

ArtistBritish, born Cuba, 1856–1936
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Fringe of the Marsh
  • from the series Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads
Datec. 1885
Place depictedEngland
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 11 5/16 in. (17.6 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 11 5/16 in. (17.6 × 28.7 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (29.2 × 40.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.432
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceSotheby's, New York, 5/1988.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Sotheby's, New York, on 5/7/1980.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, verso, upper right corner: "137/187"; center of sheet in pencil: "J707"
printed center cover sheet "PLATE XXXIX / THE FRINGE OF THE MARSH"

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