Sujet

A Rope Walk, 1887. Creators: Peter Henry Emerson, Walter L. Colls.

Légende

A Rope Walk, 1887. Man making rope for sailing boats. A ropewalk is a long straight narrow lane where long strands of material are laid before being twisted into rope. Rope was essential in sailing ships and the standard length for a British Naval Rope was 1,000 feet (300 metres). A sailing ship such as HMS Victory required 31 miles (50 kilometres) of rope. From "Wild Life on a Tidal Water : the adventures of a house-boat and her crew" by Peter Henry Emerson, [London, 1890]. Emerson's book focused on Great Yarmouth, the gateway from the Norfolk Broads to the sea.

Date

1887

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A45_090

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61.0Mo (7.5Mo) / 36.4cm x 42.0cm / 4299 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people male activities technology man men sailing fibre fishing guy British activity Norfolk spinning rope Victorian century Britain fishing net fishing nets concept B&W yarmouth metaphor hemp 19th century black & white black and white B W cottage industry nineteenth century raw materials Great Yarmouth photogravure TGN photograph photo-mechanical process Goodall Dr Peter Henry Emerson Emerson Dr Peter Henry Peter Henry Emerson Emerson Peter Henry Thomas Frederick Goodall Thomas Frederick Thomas F. Goodall Thomas F. 19th-century Royal Academy of Arts PH Emerson Walter L. Colls Colls Walter L. Colls Walter L Walter L Colls