Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.982 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical ...

Landscape Architecture at "The Crest"

PhotographerPhotographed by Harriet V. S. Thorne (American, 1843 - 1926)

Dateabout 1900

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 5/16 x 9 1/4in. (18.6 x 23.5cm) Sheet (height x width): 7 5/16 x 9 1/4in. (18.6 x 23.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

Object number2011.344.982

DescriptionA lily pond and ornamental plant beds are in the foreground. In the background, there is a wooden fence and beyond that, trees.

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Women Photographers

NotesSubject Note: Probably taken at "The Crest," 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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