The Conspirator's Room, Old Rye House

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 XIV from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Volume I" (1888)
Dimensions: Image: 17.8 × 13.7 cm (7 1/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.7 × 15.9 cm (8 3/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Album page: 32 × 24.9 cm (12 5/8 × 9 13/16 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.: 1978.1195.14

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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