P. H. Emerson
A Daughter of the Marshland
About this artwork
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artist:P. H. Emerson (1856 - 1936) American
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title:A Daughter of the Marshland
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date created:About 1890
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materials:Photogravure
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measurements:12.80 x 10.20 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 1134.13
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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...