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911. Tab.443.a.6(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(15)
Title:
The basket-maker (Norfolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a man, seated on the ground, making a wicker basket: 'The basket-maker, who works either in a covered shed or in an open one according to the weather, sits on a board upon the ground; his chief tool is a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

912. Tab.443.a.6(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(17)
Title:
Eel-picking in Suffolk waters. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of an ell fisherman, posed with his son on the bank of a dike, about to plunge the trident-like eel-pick into the water.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

913. Tab.443.a.6(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(23)
Title:
A slippery path — winter scene (Norfolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a woman posed in a snow-covered landscape, about cross the small footbridge in the foreground; a row of cottages stands in the background: 'The cottages in our plate are tenanted by peasants more prosperou...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

914. 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

915. Tab.443.a.6(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(27)
Title:
A toad in the path: early spring in Norfolk. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Landscape Photography Study of two children (taken from behind) on a path beside a dike, with a cottage in the background: 'On the left of the dike two little cottage-urchins have spied a toad in their path, and they have stopped to ey...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

916. Tab.443.a.6(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(29)
Title:
A garden end (Suffolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Portrait Photography View in a market garden in Beccles, with the owner and a young girl potting plants in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

917. 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

918. Tab.443.a.6(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(31)
Title:
Haymaker with rake (Norfolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of an agricultural labourer, posed with his rake against the sky.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

919. Tab.443.a.6(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(32)
Title:
A Norfolk flower. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Portrait Photography Brown-toned photogravure. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young Norfolk girl.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

920. Talbot Photo 1(304)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 1(304)
Title:
[Rural Cottage, Ireland.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in ink on verso: '8'. Genre: Architectural Photography Two adjoining thatched cottages with peasants standing outside; in the foreground a boy sits on a stationary cart. Trimmed negative. Photograph attributed to Calvert Jones.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 1840s
Extent:
1 item

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