Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Reacting against the theatrical, sentimental photogaphs made by his contemporaries, Peter Henry Emerson pursued a direct and more naturalistic form of photography. He discovered his subjects in familiar scenes from everyday life and captured them on film. This image was included among the 40 prints illustrating Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads , one of many books Emerson published on the marsh dwellers of East Anglia. In this photograph the word "schoof" refers to the sheaf of marsh plants that have been harvested to be dried and stored at home.
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Peter Henry Emerson — Rowing Home the Schoof-Stuff
Peter Henry Emerson — Gunner Working Up To Fowl
Peter Henry Emerson — Gathering Water-Lilies
Philip Henry Delamotte — Evening
Peter Henry Emerson — Setting the Bownet
Peter Henry Emerson — Poling the Marsh Hay
Frank Short (British, 1857–1945) — The New Moon
Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911) — The Fish in the Hoop N
Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925) — Avondale
Peter Henry Emerson — Cantley: Wherries Waiting for the Turn
Charles-François Daubigny — The Cabin Boy Fishing
Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918) — Un coin de l'Île 
