Furze-Cutting on a Suffolk Common

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Peter Henry Emerson / English, born Cuba, 1856–1936
Date: c. 1883/87, printed 1888
Medium: Photogravure, pl. XIII from the album "Pictures of East Anglian Life" (1888)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 21.7 × 29.3 cm (8 9/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Album page: 33.7 × 42.7 cm (13 5/16 × 16 13/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photogravure
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Photography Gallery Fund
Accession no.: 1959.610.13

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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