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The image shows a calm waterway with reflections on the surface. Near the shore, a person is attending to an overturned boat. In the background, there are trees, buildings, and a dark-roofed structure. The scene is in black and white, with trees on the left and clouds in the sky. The atmosphere is quiet and slightly misty.
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The image shows a calm waterway with reflections on the surface. Near the shore, a person is attending to an overturned boat. In the background, there are trees, buildings, and a dark-roofed structure. The scene is in black and white, with trees on the left and clouds in the sky. The atmosphere is quiet and slightly misty.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Norfolk Boat-Yard

Peter Henry Emerson and T.F. Goodall

Date
1886
Medium
platinum print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 22.9 x 28.6 cm (9 x 11 1/4 in.) page size: 28.2 x 40.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
1995.63.1.m
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

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • platinum print
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 XIII. / A NORFOLK BOAT-YARD

NGA object ID 75226. 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.