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Peter Henry Emerson

The Peaceful Harbour

1887
Photoetching, pl. XXIV from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew" (1890)
12.8 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 in)

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