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Grounds of "The Crest"
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Grounds of "The Crest"

PhotographerPhotographed by Harriet V. S. Thorne American, 1843 - 1926
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/8 x 10 1/2in. (23.2 x 26.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 1/8 x 10 1/2in. (23.2 x 26.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
DescriptionLandscape of Samuel and Phebe Thorne's summer home, "Thornecrest," with stone walls, plants and trees, a road, a greenhouse in the background, and other buildings.
Object number2011.344.993
InscribedVerso, top, in pencil: "Black Rock? / Stew / 1 Lent + copy / + keep"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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