Taking Up the Eel-Net

Artist Peter Henry Emerson (English, born Cuba, 1856 - 1936)

Date1886

MediumPlatinum print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 3/16 inches (19.05 × 28.42 cm)
Mount: 11 7/16 × 16 3/8 inches (29.05 × 41.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2007.2.4

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DescriptionImage of two men in a boat pulling in a net. The boat is situated diagonally in the composition; the far shore is discernable in the background.

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