Samuel Thorne and Grandchildren in a Buggy
PhotographerPhotographed by
Harriet V. S. Thorne
(American, 1843 - 1926)
Dateabout 1894
MediumPhotography; collodion printing-out paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 1/8in. (17.9 x 23.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/16 x 9 1/8in. (17.9 x 23.2cm)
Other (mat height x width): 22 1/16 x 16in. (56 x 40.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
Object number2011.344.964
DescriptionA man, three children, and a woman are in a buggy. Two horses are hitched to the wagon. In the background, several buildings are visible.
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Medium Note: The iridescence visible in the print in raking light suggests that it is a collodion POP.
Subject Note: The man is Samuel Thorne. The three children are his grandchildren Landon, Francis and Phebe. The woman is the children's nurse.
"The Crest" was the Thorne family's name for their house, Thorncrest, in Millbrook, NY. Designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter for George Hunter Brown, it was built in 1867 and called Millbrook House. The grounds were landscaped by Olmsted & Vaux. It was razed in 1950.
--From a 1979 letter to Rollie McKenna from NYU Assistant Professor of Fne Arts Sarah Landau
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