An Exceedingly Fine White Oak on the Farm of Dr. Russell near Cedar Hill Cemetery on the New Britain Road
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frederick S. Brown
1822 - 1892
Date1885-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 x 18 1/2in. (40.6 x 47cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 18 1/2in. (40.6 x 47cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 18 1/2in. (40.6 x 47cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionA large oak tree with spreading branches is in front of a dense wood forest composed of smaller trees and bushes. A field or grassy lawn in is the foreground.
Object number1939.16.14
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in black ink "530"; in pencil and black ink, "An exceedingly fine White Oak on the farm of Dr. Russell near Cedar Hill Cemetery on the New Britain road. It does not show well in thepictue as the wood back of it prevented the light from developing the fine features of the tree. It is at the foot of the side hill west of the Dr's farm house. The lower horizontal limbs of the tree produce branches that grow perpindicular [sic] like separate trees. I know of one other specimen that has this peculiariy which can be found in this collection and is located on the road from Newington to New Britain near an arched bridge."; lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The other oak tree photograph to which which Brown alludes in the inscription on this photograph is 1939.16.13. (Finlay 9/12/2011)Subject Terms
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Frederick S. Brown
1885-1890
Frederick S. Brown
1885-1890
Frederick S. Brown
1886
Frederick S. Brown
1885
