Poplars and Pollards on the Lea, Near Broxbourne

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 XIX from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Volume I" (1888)
Dimensions: Image: 16.6 × 12.7 cm (6 9/16 × 5 in.); Paper: 19 × 14.8 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.); Album page: 32 × 24.8 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.: 1978.1195.19

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