Tropical Bed on North Entrance Drive, "The Crest"
PhotographerPhotographed by
Harriet V. S. Thorne
(American, 1843 - 1926)
Date1894
MediumPhotography; collodion printing-out paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (18.1 x 23.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (18.1 x 23.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (18.1 x 23.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
DescriptionTropical plants grow in a garden, with grass in the foreground and trees in the background.
Object number2011.344.991
NotesSubject 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
Medium Note: The print shows pink and green iridescence when viewed in raking light, which suggests that it is a collodion POP.On View
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