Towing the reed. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a man pulling a boat-load of harvested reed: ''Towing reed' illustrates the usual method of getting the loaded boat along the narrow water-arteries which intersect the marshes, and afford communication with the reed-beds. Sturdy of frame and strong-featur...
Quanting the marsh hay. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
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Genre: Landscape Photography View showing a boat loaded with hay being punted along a waterway in the fens, with a smaller boat in the foreground: 'The more cultivated and thoroughly-drained marshes yield a hay of high quality, while the rough stuff grows in abundance on the half-drained ground...
Poling the marsh hay. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
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Genre: Landscape Photography View on an overcast day, with a woman and a man in the foreground on the marsh wall, carrying a load of hay piled on two poles: 'In sharp contrast to this bright July idyl [i.e. plate 16] is the sombre grey tone of 'Poling the marsh hay' — quite as beautiful, but mu...
Ricking the reed. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry
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Genre: Landscape Photography Study of two workers off-loading sheathes of reed from a boat onto a stack, with the dyke stretching away in the background.