The Grafter
Photograph
1887 (made)
1887 (made)
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This scene depicts an old man teaching a young girl how to graft a fruiting stem onto an apple stock – a form of propagating new trees using buds or twigs. It appeared as an illustration in the book Pictures from Life in Field and Fen, one of Emerson’s many exquisitely printed publications celebrating an ancient but still thriving rural life in East Anglia.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Grafter (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photogravure |
| Brief description | Photograph by P H Emerson, 'The Grafter', 1887, photogravure |
| Physical description | Photograph of a group of three people in an apple orchard. An elderly man stands in the foreground, showing a young woman, kneeling beside him, how to graft. In the background, a young man pushes a wheelbarrow. |
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| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund |
| Summary | This scene depicts an old man teaching a young girl how to graft a fruiting stem onto an apple stock – a form of propagating new trees using buds or twigs. It appeared as an illustration in the book Pictures from Life in Field and Fen, one of Emerson’s many exquisitely printed publications celebrating an ancient but still thriving rural life in East Anglia. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | RPS.376-2019 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2019 |
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