Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew

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: 1890
Medium: Photoetchings (30)
Dimensions: Album: 31 × 26.7 × 3 cm (12 1/4 × 10 9/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Ernest Kahn Endowment; Arnold Crane Endowment; Photography and Media Purchase Fund
Accession no.: 2006.196.1-30

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