Sheldon Moore Place
PhotographerPhotographed by
Nelson Augustus Moore
American, 1824 - 1902
Dateabout 1865
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/2 x 15 7/8in. (29.2 x 40.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 3/8 x 23 3/8in. (49.2 x 59.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 19 3/8 x 23 3/8in. (49.2 x 59.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Moore Family
DescriptionAn open carriage drawn by a horse is beside a picket fence. A saltbox house with clapboard siding is behind the fence. A woman stands in a doorway in the side of the house. A trellis frames the front door. Hitching posts are in front of the house. Shrubs and what appear to be grapevines are at the right. A wagon is at the far right. Trees, including a willow tree, are in the background.
Object number2006.65.2
InscribedOn recto, lower left, in pencil, "Sheldon Moore Place. / Where I was born / and in the same / day Nancy Moore / (my cousin) daughter / of Oliver Moore / she died at / Millers Falls Mass / aged 15 years and / [was?] bured in West Same [?] Burying Ground / N.A.M."On verso, in pencil: upper left, "A.M.M. given to Ellen M. Moore"; lower right, accession number.
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