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Baiting the line
Baiting the line
Photograph
Peter Henry Emerson
Maker
British, b. Cuba, 1856–1936
Baiting the line
ca. 1886
Platinum print
22.3 x 28.7 cm.
Museum accession
Inscriptions
verso-(in pencil) "Baiting the line" "Copyright"
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