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The image depicts a wetland landscape with a horizon showing silhouettes of bare trees, small houses, and a windmill. Long grasses grow out of the water with their reflection visible in the calm surface. The scene is in a soft, monochrome palette dominated by shades of grey and taupe, evoking a calm and quiet atmosphere. The textures are gentle with smooth transitions between elements, suggesting either an early morning or late afternoon under an overcast sky.
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The image depicts a wetland landscape with a horizon showing silhouettes of bare trees, small houses, and a windmill. Long grasses grow out of the water with their reflection visible in the calm surface. The scene is in a soft, monochrome palette dominated by shades of grey and taupe, evoking a calm and quiet atmosphere. The textures are gentle with smooth transitions between elements, suggesting either an early morning or late afternoon under an overcast sky.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Rushy Shore

Peter Henry Emerson

Date
1886
Medium
platinum print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 19.7 x 28.7 cm (7 3/4 x 11 5/16 in.) page size: 28.2 x 40.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
1995.63.1.ii
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 XXXV. / A RUSHY SHORE

NGA object ID 75248. 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.