The Black Pool, Near Hoddesdon

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: 1880s
Medium: Photogravure, plate IX from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Volume I" (1888)
Dimensions: Image: 11.7 × 21.1 cm (4 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Paper: 14.4 × 23.1 cm (5 11/16 × 9 1/8 in.); Album page: 24.4 × 31.8 cm (9 5/8 × 12 9/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photogravure
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by William Mares
Accession no.: 1978.1195.9

A Sailing Match at Horning
Peter Henry Emerson
1885, printed 1886 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006548
Water-Lilies
Peter Henry Emerson
1886 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006549
Gathering Water-Lilies
Peter Henry Emerson
1886, printed 1886 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006550
The Haunt of the Pike
Peter Henry Emerson
1886 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006551