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Collection Area Printed Collections Subject Agricultural labourers Place Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Western Europe

1. Tab.443.a.6(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(7)
Title:
In the barley-harvest (Suffolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three agricultural labourers in a barley field: 'On our return to the barley-field we determined to take a plate during one of the short rests so frequent in this hard labour. Here one man is honing his ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

2. Tab.443.a.6(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(13)
Title:
Furze-cutting on a Suffolk common. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Landscape Photography Study of two men cutting furze, the figure in the foreground wielding a scythe: 'One day in early autumn we met the intelligent model shown in the plate. He was hard at work with his short stout scythe, cutting the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Tab.443.a.6(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(24)
Title:
Fencing in Suffolk. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Landscape Photography Study of two men at work constructing a fence: 'Our plate gives two fencers at work on a bleak March morning. The first operation is to destroy, and with the hooks they set to work cutting down saplings and bramble...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

4. Tab.443.a.6(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(30)
Title:
At the grindstone — a Suffolk farmyard. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a labourer sharpening an implement on a grindstone, watched by his son: 'Near the boy is the buckey with which the well-water was brought to make the dry stone work. All around is a crop of nettles , the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

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