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A Backwater on the Lea
Peter Henry Emerson1888
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of a backwater section of the River Lea. Pollarded trees line both riverbanks and grasses can be seen growing up from the still surface of the water. The name of the photographer, "P.H. EMERSON", has been scratched into the lower left corner of the image.
Details
- Title: A Backwater on the Lea
- Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
- Date Created: 1888
- Location Created: London, England
- Physical Dimensions: 15.7 × 22.2 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Photogravure
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XB.1372.1.7
- Culture: British
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Peter Henry Emerson (British, born Cuba, 1856 - 1936)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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