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Haymaking in Norfolk Broads
Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936), from: Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1886, platinum print, 1885-1886
This plate is from Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads. The photograph recalls the painting The Sand Bargeman by Jozef Israëls, also on view in this gallery. It expresses a comparable resignation to the hard manual labour of rural life. The evening light is particularly well rendered. The Pictorialists later used effects like this to elevate their photographs to the status of art.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-F80156
- Dimensionsheight 232 mm x width 287 mm, height 288 mm x width 412 mm