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Poling the Marsh Hay

Peter Henry Emerson, 1886

MEDIUMplatinum print
DIMENSIONS[object Object]
LOCATIONCleveland Museum of Art
COLLECTIONPhotography
CULTUREEngland, 19th century
CREDIT LINEJohn L. Severance Fund
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Peter Henry Emerson

Peter Henry Emerson championed "straight photography" as an art form, capturing the natural beauty of rural East Anglia in works like "Poling the Marsh Hay."

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