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The image shows a canal with a bridge, a horse-drawn cart crossing the bridge in the distance, and the reflection of the scene in the water. Surrounding the canal are leafless shrubs, and the sky is visible above. The image has a grainy texture and a color palette of muted grays, blacks, and whites.
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The image shows a canal with a bridge, a horse-drawn cart crossing the bridge in the distance, and the reflection of the scene in the water. Surrounding the canal are leafless shrubs, and the sky is visible above. The image has a grainy texture and a color palette of muted grays, blacks, and whites.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Frosty Morning at Coltishall

Peter Henry Emerson

Date
1890-1891, printed 1893
Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 6 × 12.9 cm (2 3/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph · Print
Accession number
2013.55.1.8
Credit line
Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Volume
On English Lagoons

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Water
  • Book
  • Nature
  • photogravure
Provenance

(Robert Hershkowitz Ltd., Sussex, England), 1990; NGA purchase, 2013.

NGA object ID 205591. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.