A Misty Morning at Norwich
About this artwork
Emerson spent a year aboard his boat, The Maid of the Mist, sailing on the Norfolk Broads with his servant, Jim. This photograph appeared as a frontispiece to his 1893 book, 'On English Lagoons' which was an account of that journey. Emerson argued that it was the photographer's task to discover scenes of real beauty. It is difficult to help being drawn into the peacefulness of this image in a way that Emerson described as 'the true secret of happiness'.
Updated before 2020
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artist:P. H. Emerson (1856 - 1936) American
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title:A Misty Morning at Norwich
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date created:About 1890
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materials:Photogravure
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measurements:15.30 x 19.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985
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accession number:PGP R 886.1
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P. H. Emerson
P. H. Emerson
Peter Henry Emerson was born in Cuba but aspired to live the life of an English country gentleman. Inheriting considerable private wealth, he gave up a career in medicine and from the mid-1880s pursued his two passions - photography and writing. He perceived the English countryside as the only cure...