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Peter Henry Emerson

On the Baulks

1887
Photoetching, pl. XVI from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew" (1890)
14.7 × 9.6 cm (5.8 × 3.8 in)

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