The cover of a book with the title “Marsh Leaves” in the top left corner with blue stems spiraling to the bottom right corner and the author's name at center. A black and white landscape with a dark mass of land with plants to the left and a diffused bright light to the right, reflected upon a calm body of water. A black and white image of a house to the left of a calm body of water with a cloud of smoke coming from the distant bridge. A minimal image depicting two dark islands and their calm, watery reflections. A black and white image of a hazy, bleak landscape, with a broken down fence in an overgrown field and animals grazing in the background. A figure opens a wooden gate near a dirt road in the foreground and a large dark tree in the background. A black and white image depicting open water with a steamboat in the distance, surrounded by smoke and gentle ripples on the surface. A black and white image depicting a landscape with sparse plants poking through snow in the foreground, a fence in the middle ground and distant trees and houses. A hazy black and white image depicting a calm body of water with trees coming from the right side and a cloud of smoke rising from the background. A black and white image depicting a calm river bordered by bare trees on each side with a small structure on the right. A black and white image depicting a cluster of bare trees in the center of a snowy island. A misty riverside with a structure made of nets stretched across poles at the shore. In the distance, there is a windmill to the right and trees to the left. A black and white image depicting a landscape with sparse, leafless trees on a snowy field under a dark sky. A hazy black and white image depicting an open farm pen with a large, dark bird-like figure in the center and the blurry form of a house in the background. A black and white landscape with a tranquil body of water reflecting a grassy shoreline in the foreground and a small house set against a pale sky in the background. A black and white winter scene depicting farm houses surrounded by trees and a tranquil river, with bare branches and plants in the foreground. A black and white winter landscape with scattered plants in snow with a lone tree near a wooden fence off to the distant left.

Peter Henry Emerson

Marsh Leaves,

Maker

Title

Marsh Leaves

Medium

photo-etched plate

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

28.3 x 19.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On recto side of front fly-leaf, in pencil, "$4500-- for RISD only $3500--".

Type

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Angier in memory of Julia Angier Ewing and Colby MacKinney Keeler

Object Number

79.109

Marsh Leaves

On recto side of front fly-leaf, in pencil, "$4500-- for RISD only $3500--".

Exhibition History

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