On the Flood

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Peter Henry Emerson / English, born Cuba, 1856–1936
Date: 1887
Medium: Photoetching, pl. III from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew" (1890)
Dimensions: Image: 10.8 × 21.5 cm (4 5/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Paper: 24.2 × 29.9 cm (9 9/16 × 11 13/16 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.: 2006.196.3

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