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Peter Henry Emerson

In a Sail-Loft

1887
Photoetching, pl. XVIII from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew" (1890)
16.5 × 19.7 cm (6.5 × 7.8 in)

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