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Container Reference (shelfmark) Tab.443.a.6 Subject Labourers Level [40] File

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(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(8)
Title:
Shocking corn (Norfolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Landscape Photography View across a harvested corn field, with a figure in the foreground stacking the sheaves of corn.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. Tab.443.a.6(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(14)
Title:
Osier-peeling (Norfolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Landscape Photography Study of girls and young women at work: 'Here we have a basket-maker's yard as seen by us one beautiful day in early spring. Here, at the brakes, we see the women hard at work peeling the pliant osier stems, while ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

5. Tab.443.a.6(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Tab.443.a.6(21)
Title:
The clay-mill (Norfolk). Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the plate, 'P. H. Emerson.' Genre: Industrial Photography Showing a horse-driven clay-mill (for grinding down the freshly-dug clay preparatory to brickmaking), being operated by two workers.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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