"Pike Pool," Beresford Dale

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 L from the album "The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Volume II" (1888)
Dimensions: Image: 13.8 × 20.2 cm (5 7/16 × 8 in.); Paper: 16.5 × 22.5 cm (6 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.); Album page: 24.7 × 31.7 cm (9 3/4 × 12 1/2 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.: 1978.1195.50

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