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Call Number:

PH-00844

Collection Name:

Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads

Creator:

Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)

No. of Items:

40 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1886

Description:

Photographically illustrated book titled Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886) containing 40 platinotypes by Peter Henry Emerson (British, 1856-1936) and descriptive text by Emerson and Thomas Frederick Goodall (British, 1856-1944).

Helmut Gernsheim's note: "... the finest and rarest of Emerson's illustrated books, which were all published in limited de luxe editions, contains original platinum prints; his subsequent books were illustrated with photogravures of photo-etchings."

Accession No(s):

964:0300:0001-0040

Location(s):

f NE 2620 E55 HRC-P (964:0300:0001-0040)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title On the River Bure
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 13.4 x 23.5 cm; 5 3/10 x 9 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0001
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Coming Home from the Marshes
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 19 x 28.9 cm; 7 1/2 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0002
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Setting the Bow-Net
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 16.4 x 28.8 cm; 6 1/2 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0003
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Broadman's Cottage
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 22.7 x 28.8 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0004
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Sailing Match at Horning, 1885
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 22.7 x 28.8 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0005
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The Village of Horning
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 22.2 x 16.6 cm; 8 7/10 x 6 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0006
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title An Eel-Catcher's Home
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 20.4 x 28.7 cm; 8 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0007
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Taking up the Eel-Net
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 18.8 x 28.1 cm; 7 2/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0008
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Water-Lilies
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 12.5 x 28.3 cm; 4 9/10 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0009
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Gathering Water-Lilies
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 19.9 x 29 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0010
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Snipe-Shooting
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 18.9 x 28.9 cm; 7 2/5 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0011
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Ruined Water-Mill
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 26.8 x 22.3 cm; 10 3/5 x 8 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0012
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The Old Order and the New
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 12 x 23.2 cm; 4 7/10 x 9 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0013
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Norfolk Boat-Yard
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 22.8 x 28.7 cm; 9 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0014
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The First Frost
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 19.9 x 29 cm; 7 4/5 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0015
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The Haunt of the Pike
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 20.5 x 28.5 cm; 8 1/10 x 11 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0016
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Quanting the Marsh Hay
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 15.5 x 23 cm; 6 1/10 x 9 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0017
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Poling the Marsh Hay
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 23.2 x 28.6 cm; 9 1/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0018
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Setting up the Bow-Net
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 26.8 x 22.3 cm; 10 3/5 x 8 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0019
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Gunner Working up to Fowl
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 19 x 28.8 cm; 7 1/2 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0020
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The Fowler's Return
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 17.8 x 28.8 cm; 7 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0021
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Rowing Home the Schoof-Stuff
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 14 x 28 cm; 5 1/2 x 11 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0022
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Marshman Going to Cut Schoof-Stuff
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 20.3 x 28.8 cm; 8 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0023
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The River Bure at Coltishall
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 22.7 x 28.7 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0024
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Cantley: Wherries Waiting for the Turn of the Tide
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 18.7 x 28.8 cm; 7 2/5 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0025
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Reed-Cutter at Work
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 28.2 x 20.5 cm; 11 1/10 x 8 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0026
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Towing the Reed
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 22.2 x 27 cm; 8 7/10 x 10 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0027
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Ricking the Reed
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 23.2 x 28.6 cm; 9 1/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0028
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title During the Reed-Harvest
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 21.5 x 28.5 cm; 8 1/2 x 11 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0029
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Marsh Farm
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 21.4 x 29 cm; 8 2/5 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0030
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Cattle on the Marshes
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 19 x 28.8 cm; 7 1/2 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0031
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Reed Boat-House
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 12.1 x 17.3 cm; 4 4/5 x 6 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0032
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Cutting the Gladdon
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 18.7 x 24 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0033
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The Gladdon-Cutter's Return
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 22.6 x 28.6 cm; 8 9/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0034
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Quanting the Gladdon
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 21.7 x 29.9 cm; 8 1/2 x 11 4/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0035
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title A Rushy Shore
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 19 x 28.7 cm; 7 1/2 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0036
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title 'Twixt Land and Water
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 17.7 x 28.9 cm; 7 x 11 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0037
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title Evening
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 16.6 x 28.6 cm; 6 1/2 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0038
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title An Autumn Morning
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 18 x 26.8 cm; 7 1/10 x 10 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0039
Artist/Maker Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936 (1856 - 1936)
Title The Fringe of the Marsh
Date 1886
Medium Platinum print
Dimensions 17.6 x 28.8 cm; 6 9/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0300:0040

See Also:

Marsh Leaves (964:0307:0001-0016) q QH 541.145 E63 HRC-P

Selection of Prize Pictures from the London Stereoscopic and Photographic CompanyÕs Amateur Photographic Exhibition, May, 1886 (964:0335:0016) f TR 646 L665 HRC-P

Selection of Prize Pictures from the London Stereoscopic and Photographic CompanyÕs Amateur Photographic Exhibition, May, 1885 (964:0306:0003) f TR 646 L664 HRC-P

Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and her Crew (964:0303:0001-0030) q NE 2620 E5 HRC-P

Pictures of East Anglian Life (964:0017:0001-0032) f DA 670 E14 E648 HRC-P

Idyls of the Norfolk Broads (964:0304:0001-0012) f NE 2620 E4 1887 HRC-P

Complete Angler or the Comtemplative ManÕs Recreation: being a discourse of rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing (964:0302:0001-0027) q Sh 433 A 1888 HRC-P

Pictures from Life in Field and Fen (964:0308:0001-0020) f NE 2615 E5 HRC-P

On English Lagoons: being an account of the voyage of two amateur wherrymen on the Norfolk and Suffolk rivers and broads (964:0301:0001-0015) DA 670 N6 E6 1893a HRC-P