Office at "The Crest"
PhotographerPhotographed by
Harriet V. S. Thorne
American, 1843 - 1926
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 9/16in. (26 x 34.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 9/16in. (26 x 34.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 13 9/16in. (26 x 34.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
DescriptionOffice is furnished with a desk, chairs, a large globeand other furnishings. There is a chandelier over the desk and the woodwork on the ceiling is visible.
Object number2011.344.956
InscribedRecto, black ink: "Office at "The Crest""NotesSubject Note: "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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- Women Photographers
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