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Women Outside Fairlawn House

PhotographerPhotographed by Marie Kendall (American, 1854 - 1943)

Dateabout 1910

MediumPhotography; albumen print on cardboard

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width ): 4 5/8 x 7 1/2in. (11.7 x 19.1cm) Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 x 7 1/2in. (11.7 x 19.1cm) Mount (height x width): 5 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (13.3 x 21.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number2000.178.159

DescriptionSeven girls and women in dresses on the lawn and sidewalk in front of a large house. The two women in the foreground are talking and smiling. There are three women seated on the lawn, looking in the direction of the camera. Two girls are playing what appears to be croquet on the lawn behind the seated ladies. On the porch of the house, four figures are visible, three women and possibly a man. Another woman is on the second-floor porch.

Collections

Women Photographers

NotesSubject Note: The house in the photograph appears to be "Fairlawn," owned by Louise Rolands. Another photograph of appears in Kendall's "Glimpses of Norfolk," and it is identified there.

Status

Not on view