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Flowering Hydrangea Bush

Dateabout 1905

MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 x 6 3/4in. (12.7 x 17.1cm)
Plate (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)

Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

DescriptionA large, flowering hydrangea bush grows on a lawn. Trees and other plants are in the background.

Object number2011.344.97

Markings"97" on sticker affixed to plastic bag housing negativeInscribedGlass side, bottom right: "97" in white grease pencilNotesOther negatives of the same hydrangea bush are identified as being taken at "The Crest."

"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

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