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Taking Up the Eel Net

Peter Henry Emerson

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white photograph. Two men on a small wooden boat on a body of water. The man on the left wears a dark jacket, white shirt, dark pants, and a hat. The man on the right wears a dark shirt, dark pants and a hat. The man on the right is bending over the side of the boat. The boat has a net inside it. There are two long poles extending from the boat into the water. There is a hut on a platform on the right side of the image. There are other boats behind the hut. The background shows a body of water, trees and a cloudy sky.

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900 × 601 px
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