Peter Henry Emerson
A Reed-Cutter at Work

ArtistBritish, born Cuba, 1856–1936
CultureBritish
Titles
  • A Reed-Cutter at Work
  • from the series Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads
Datec. 1885
Place depictedEngland
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (28.2 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (28.3 × 20.6 cm)
Mount: 16 1/4 × 11 5/16 in. (41.3 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number96.682
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Lee Marks Fine Art, Shelbyville, Indiana]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed center of cover sheet "PLATE XXV / A REED- CUTTER AT WORK"

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