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The Old Order and the New

Peter Henry Emerson

The Old Order and the New

1885

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Peter Henry Emerson

The Old Order and the New

1885

Physical Qualities Platinum print, Sheet: 124 x 283 mm. (12.4 x 28.3 cm.) Image: 124 x 233 mm. (12.4 x 23.3 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number 1988.300
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Masterpieces from the Museum's Dalsheimer Photographs," 17 September - 19 November, 1989.
Peter Turner and Richard Wood, P.H. Emerson. Photographer of Norfolk, Boston: David R. Godine, 1974, ill. pl. 24. Peter H. Emerson, Life and Landscapes on the Norfolk Broads, London, 1886. Mark Haworth-Booth, The Golden Age of British Photography: 1839-1900, Millerton: Aperture, 1984, ill. on cover.

Inscribed: FACE: clean. VERSO: (pencil) l.l. '.0085'; l.r. '6432'; (white tape with blue number) l.r. '5'. UNVERIFIED

Artist

Peter Henry Emerson

1855–1935

English, born Cuba, 1856-1936
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