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Sarah Bishop's Cave

PhotographerPhotographed by Marie Kendall (American, 1854 - 1943)

Dateabout 1900

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on cardboard

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 11/16 x 7 13/16in. (11.9 x 19.8cm) Sheet (height x width): 4 11/16 x 7 13/16in. (11.9 x 19.8cm) Mount (height x width): 9 x 10 13/16in. (22.9 x 27.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number2000.178.180

DescriptionA woman in a dress and flat-crowned hat leans over a low stone wall to look into the mouth of a cave. The immediate surrounding landscape is visible.

Collections

Women Photographers

NotesSubject note: Sarah Bishop was a hermit who lived in a cave on West Mountain, straddling Ridgefield, Connecticut and North Salem, New York, during the Revolutionary War. She lived there until her death in 1810.

Status

Not on view