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The image shows a landscape with a thatch-roofed hut near the water's edge, surrounded by bare trees. The horizon is low in the scene. The color palette is grayscale, with the water reflecting the sky.
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The image shows a landscape with a thatch-roofed hut near the water's edge, surrounded by bare trees. The horizon is low in the scene. The color palette is grayscale, with the water reflecting the sky.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Reed Boat-House

Peter Henry Emerson and T.F. Goodall

Date
1886
Medium
platinum print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 12 x 17 cm (4 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.) page size: 28.2 x 40.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
1995.63.1.ee
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
  • 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 XXXI. / A REED BOAT-HOUSE

NGA object ID 75244. 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.