Peter Henry Emerson
Setting the Bow-Net

ArtistBritish, born Cuba, 1856–1936
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Setting the Bow-Net
  • from the series Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads
Datec. 1885
Place depictedEngland
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 11 1/4 in. (16.2 × 28.6 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 11 1/4 in. (16.2 × 28.6 cm)
Mount: 11 7/16 × 16 3/16 in. (29.1 × 41.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alexander K. McLanahan and John Blocker, Jr. in honor of John Blocker at "One Great Night in November, 2004", The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.431
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLunn Ltd., New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd., New York, on 3/23/1985.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited, "Platinum Photographs; 1880s to 1920s", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, May 24, 2004 - September 19, 2004.

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