Samuel Thorne, 914 Fifth Avenue, New York
Date1910
MediumPhotography; potato starch and gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (19.1 x 14cm)
Plate (height x width): 8 1/2 x 6 1/2in. (21.6 x 16.5cm)
Plate (height x width): 8 1/2 x 6 1/2in. (21.6 x 16.5cm)
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
DescriptionFrontal bust-length portrait of a man wearing a dark suit, red necktie and white breast pocket handkerchief. He is posed in front of a folding screen, the detail of which is visible in the background.
Object number2011.344.177
MarkingsRecto: "5" on sticker in bottom left cornerNotesSubject note: Samuel Thorne was Harriet Van Schoonhoven Thorne's brother-in-law. Harriet photographed Samuel and his wife, Phebe, on the occasion of their fiftieth wedding anniversary.From "The Photographs of Harriet V.S. Thorne," created by Rollie McKenna.
914 5th Avenue was the New York address of Phebe Van Schoonhoven Thorne and her husband Samuel Thorne.
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- Women Photographers
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