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Peter Henry Emerson
Toil And Grime1887, printed 1890

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a 19th-century harbor with a large industrial crane, moored sailing vessels, and a flat-bottomed boat labeled 'FITZ ROY' along a busy quayside

Peter Henry Emerson, Toil And Grime, 1887, printed 1890, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Peter Henry Emerson
Title
Toil And Grime
Place Made
England
Date Made
1887, printed 1890
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
Image: 3 11/16 × 7 15/16 in. (9.3 × 20.16 cm) Primary support: 10 1/16 × 11 3/4 in. (25.5 × 29.85 cm) Mat: 13 15/16 × 17 15/16 in. (35.4 × 45.56 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.708
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography