Peter Henry Emerson
The Fowler's Return

ArtistBritish, born Cuba, 1856–1936
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Fowler's Return
  • from the series Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads
Datec. 1885
Place depictedEngland
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 6 15/16 × 11 5/16 in. (17.7 × 28.7 cm)
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 11 5/16 in. (17.6 × 28.7 cm)
Mount: 11 3/8 × 16 5/16 in. (28.9 × 41.4 cm)
Credit LineGiven in memory of Edward C. Hutcheson by his family at "One Great Night in November, 1991"
Object number91.1569
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Thackrey & Robertson, San Francisco]; OTHER MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right in pencil "1500.- R36"
printed center cover sheet "PLATE XX / THE FOWLER'S RETURN"

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