Early Morning won an award of honorable mention and a No. 3 F.P. Kodak camera for Chapman, of Manor Rd., Scarborough. England, in the Class E Novice category,  featuring negatives 3 ½ x 3 ½ or smaller in size.

Mounted using Kodak dry mounting tissue on the volume manilla leaf, the photograph is printed on Velvet Velox (re-developed) photographic paper.