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Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936)

Gathering Water Lilies, 1886

    Price Realised USD 20,160
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    USD 10,000 - USD 15,000
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    Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936)

    Gathering Water Lilies, 1886

    Price Realised USD 20,160
    Price Realised USD 20,160
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    Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936)
    Gathering Water Lilies, 1886
    platinum print, mounted on card
    numbered 'IX' in pencil (mount, verso)
    image/sheet: 73⁄4 x 111⁄2 in. (19.7 x 29.2 cm.)
    mount: 111⁄8 x 15 in. (28.2 x 38 cm.)
    This image was featured in Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1886. This was a collaboration between Emerson and the artist Thomas Frederick Goodall to create a landmark photographic album that depicted the people and landscape of the Norfolk Broads.

    Provenance
    Private Collection; acquired from the above by the present owner, 1980's.
    Literature
    Pam Roberts, PhotoHistorica: Landmarks in Photography, Rare Images from the Collection of The Royal Photographic Society, London, 2000, p. 214-5.
    John Taylor, The Old Order and The New, P. H. Emerson and Photograph, 1885-1895, London, 2007, p. 68.
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