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The image shows a man standing on a small boat with a large net. Beside him is a larger boat resembling a house. Tall grasses and reeds are visible in the distance under a cloudy sky. The scene is reflected in the calm water.
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The image shows a man standing on a small boat with a large net. Beside him is a larger boat resembling a house. Tall grasses and reeds are visible in the distance under a cloudy sky. The scene is reflected in the calm water.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

An Eel-Catcher's Home

Peter Henry Emerson

Date
1886
Medium
platinum print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 20.4 x 28.9 cm (8 1/16 x 11 3/8 in.) page size: 28.2 x 40.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
1995.63.1.f
Credit line
Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • platinum print
  • daily life
  • genre
Provenance

Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, Fort Washington, PA; gift (partial and promised) to NGA, 1995.

Inscription

on interleaving tissue, printed in black ink: PLATE VI. / AN EEL-CATCHER'S HOME

NGA object ID 75219. 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.