Walton and Cotton's Fishing House (The Doorway)

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 XLIX from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Volume II" (1888)
Dimensions: Image: 18.8 × 15.1 cm (7 7/16 × 6 in.); Paper: 21.3 × 17.3 cm (8 7/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Album page: 32.2 × 24.9 cm (12 11/16 × 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.: 1978.1195.49

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