The Stickleback Catcher
The Stickleback Catcher

Currently not on view

The Stickleback Catcher,

1887

Peter Henry Emerson, English, born Cuba, 1856–1936
x1994-25

Information

Title
The Stickleback Catcher
Dates

1887

Maker
Peter Henry Emerson
Medium
Photogravure
Dimensions
image: 23.9 x 29.2 cm. (9 7/16 x 11 1/2 in.) sheet: 26.4 x 31.2 cm. (10 3/8 x 12 5/16 in.) mount: 40.3 x 50.6 cm. (15 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
x1994-25
Place Depicted

Europe, England

Inscription
Printed in ink on mount, upper left corner: 16 Inscribed in graphite, verso lower right comer: TR 823-92
Marks/Labels/Seals
Signed in negative, lower right comer of image: P.H. EMERSON.
Culture
British
Type
photographs, photogravure, photogravures, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, photogravure
Subject
boys, grassland, trees, fishing lines, fishing, rivers

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