# Bound for the North Sea

- By: Peter Henry Emerson (English, born Cuba, 1856–1936)
- Date: 1887
- Medium: Photoetching, pl. VIII from the album "Wild Life on a Tidal Water: The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew" (1890)
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 9.4 × 15.2 cm (3 3/4 × 6 in.); Paper: 24.5 × 30.1 cm (9 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
- Culture: England
- Credit line: Ernest Kahn Endowment; Arnold Crane Endowment; Photography and Media Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/229740)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/1e405995-a14c-00a1-ec80-df78058e08d1/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)