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Setting the Bownet

Setting the Bownet

Peter Henry Emerson

1886

Medium: Platinum print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 16.4 x 28.9 cm (6 7/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Mount: 28.6 x 41.1 cm (11 1/4 x 16 3/16 in.)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Setting the Bownet by Peter Henry Emerson — VisualArtsDB