Scenes from the Norfolk Broads

Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936) was a British doctor and photographer active in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Most famous for his naturalistic photographs of life on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia, Britain.

He produced seven photographic books detailing life and work among the natural beauty of the Norfolk Broads. Below is a small selection of Photogravure prints taken from his various publications.

The Old order and the new 1886

Ricking the reed, first published in: Life and landscape on the Norfolk Broads 1886.

Gathering Lillies 1886.

Quanting the marsh hay, Norfolk Broads, England 1886.

The mangold harvest 1887.

A rushy shore 1886.

Poling the marsh hay 1886.

Rowing home the schoof-stuff 1886.

The sedge harvest 1888.

Osier peeling 1888.

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Peter Henry Emerson

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Walt Whitman 1887.

American poet Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait by G.C. Cox 1887.

The Great Sphinx of Giza 1893

Photogravure print showing the Great Sphinx of Giza partially buried in the desert sands 1893

Robert Peary 1909

Robert Peary in arctic furs on the main deck of steamship "Roosevelt" during his last attempt to reach the pole 1909.

The bridge 1903

The bridge by John Francis Strauss 1903
A Photogravure picture across the rooftops of New York City to the Brooklyn Bridge.

Tug boat receiving mail

Tug boat receiving mail and pilots for New York circa 1900-05 by the Detroit Publishing Co.

Brooklyn Bridge 1898

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress at Washington D.C.

New York and the Brooklyn Bridge 1898 by George P. Hall