Eel-Picking in Suffolk Waters

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. XVII from the album "Pictures of East Anglian Life" (1888)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 18.5 × 23 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 33.5 × 42.7 cm (13 1/4 × 16 13/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photogravure
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Photography Gallery Fund
Accession no.: 1959.610.17

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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
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Peter Henry Emerson
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Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006549
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Peter Henry Emerson
1886, printed 1886 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006550
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Peter Henry Emerson
1886 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006551