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Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.20  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical S…
Man in Shower
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.20 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Man in Shower

Photographer (American, 1843 - 1926)
Dateabout 1905
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 5/8 x 4 7/8in. (16.8 x 12.4cm)
Plate (height x width): 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
DescriptionNude man from the side in the shower. The man's shadow is visible behind and to the left of him.
Object number2011.344.20
NotesSubject Note: Tentatively identified as Jonathan Thorne, Jr., Harriet V.S. Thorne's husband. Location: Tentatively identified as a shower at Schoonhoven. "Schoonhoven" was the Thornes' name for their summer home on Black Rock Point in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was designed in 1881 either by Stanford White or Bruce Price and was completed in the summer of 1882. It was the largest individually-owned property on the point, and featured a nine-hole golf course, a bowling alley, a wharf, vegetable and flower gardens and St. Mary's by-the-Sea chapel. Schoonhoven was home to Harriet's photography studio, packed with props, costumes, backdrops and furniture. A fire gutted the top story in 1903 and after Jonathan's death in 1920, Harriet closed the studio, asked her sons to dispose of its contents. She moved to Bridgehampton, New York, for the summer months. The estate changed hands at least twice after 1920 before being razed sometime in the twentieth century. From "Black Rock: A Bicentennial Picture Book" (Dick Jones, Charles W. Brilvitch), articles in the Bridgeport Standard (January 5, 1881, May 16, 1882) and the Bridgeport Post (September 9, 1903), and Rollie Thorne McKenna's essay for the 1979 Yale exhibition.
On View
Not on view
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.21  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical S…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1905
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.127  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1885
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.129  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1885
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.130  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1885
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical So…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.89  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical S…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.131  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1885
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.68  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical S…
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.140  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.107  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical …
Harriet V. S. Thorne
about 1900