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Tab.443.a.6(30)

Record Id:

040-003302330

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003302300

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x00141d

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

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 only produce of the poor soil. To the left rises a pole with a hook, euphoniously called the 'hog-pole,' that is, the pole from which pigs are hung to be dressed and cleaned when killed. Beyond the fence stretches the orchard, where the linen is drying and bleaching in the sweet pure air. To the right is a gateway, through which winds a path leading down to the marshes. From the distant hedgerow rise the tall elms, beautiful in form and delicate in touch. Here the peasant is quietly but determinedly sharpening his weapon with which to fight the ever-encroaching bramble, whitethorn, and blackthorn. He does not hurry, but performs his task with quiet, solemn dignity, pressing his weight on the steel blade as the boy with opposing force turns the grindstone...'

Collection Area:

Printed Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003302300
040-003302330

Is part of:

Tab.443.a.6 : Pictures of East Anglian life. Illustrated with thirty-two photogravures and fifteen small illustrations. With general and…

Tab.443.a.6(30) : At the grindstone — a Suffolk farmyard. Photographer: Emerson, Peter Henry

Hierarchy:

032-003302300[0030]/040-003302330

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Tab.443.a.6

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Techniques:

Photogravure
Photomechanical Print

Start Date:

1880

End Date:

1887

Date Range:

1880s

Era:

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