Corn Field at "The Crest"
PhotographerPhotographed by
Harriet V. S. Thorne
(American, 1843 - 1926)
Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/8 x 9 1/16in. (18.1 x 23cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/8 x 9 1/16in. (18.1 x 23cm)
Other (height x width): 22 1/16 x 16in. (56 x 40.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
Object number2011.344.965
DescriptionA road leads to a field of cut-down corn stalks. Trees are in the background. In front of the field, men are working with a horse and plow.
Collections
Medium Note: The iridescence visible in the print in raking light suggests that it is a collodion POP.
Subject Note: "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
Status
Not on view
