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Peter Henry Emerson
An Eel-Catcher's Home1886

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Sepia-toned photograph of a man standing in a small rowboat holding a dip net and pole, beside a flat-bottomed boat with a wooden cabin, on a calm marshy waterway

Peter Henry Emerson, An Eel-Catcher's Home, 1886, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Peter Henry Emerson
Title
An Eel-Catcher's Home
Place Made
England
Date Made
1886
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/16 × 11 1/2 in. (20.48 × 29.21 cm) Primary support: 8 1/16 × 11 1/2 in. (20.48 × 29.21 cm) Secondary support: 11 7/16 × 16 1/4 in. (29.05 × 41.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sue and Albert Dorskind
Accession Number
AC1996.165.235
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography