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Peter Henry Emerson
Taking Up the Eel-Net1886

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of two men in dark work clothes handling a large tube-shaped fishing net draped over a narrow wooden rowboat on a calm river

Peter Henry Emerson, Thomas Frederick Goodall, Taking Up the Eel-Net, 1886, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Peter Henry Emerson
Artist or Maker
Thomas Frederick Goodall
Title
Taking Up the Eel-Net
Place Made
England
Date Made
1886
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 7 7/16 × 11 3/8 in. (18.89 × 28.89 cm) Primary support: 7 7/16 × 11 3/8 in. (18.89 × 28.89 cm) Secondary support: 11 3/8 × 16 1/4 in. (28.89 × 41.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind
Accession Number
AC1996.165.236
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography