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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1980.277
People
Peter Henry Emerson, British, English (Cuba 1856 - 1936 Falmouth, Cornwall, England)
Title
On the River Bure
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: frontispiece from Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads (London, 1887)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1885
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285983

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Platinum print
Dimensions
image: 13.3 x 23.5 cm (5 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, bottom right corner: P.H. EMERSON

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, New York. on Long Term Loan at the Fogg Art Museum from 1977 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
P1980.277
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • New Presences at the Fogg, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1978 - 11/28/1978
  • New Presences in the Fogg Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1978 - 11/28/1978
  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995

Verification Level

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