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Museum purchase, 1988.101.1   © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Cows by a Stream
Museum purchase, 1988.101.1 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Cows by a Stream

PhotographerPhotographed by Marie Kendall American, 1854 - 1943
Dateabout 1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on cardboard cabinet card
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 5/8 x 7 1/2in. (11.7 x 19.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 x 7 1/2in. (11.7 x 19.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 1/8 x 8 1/2in. (13 x 21.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA large group of cows, some wading in a stream and some standing on the bank. There is a split-rail fence just visible in the foreground. The background consists of the trees and brush on the banks of the stream.
Object number1988.101.1
InscribedRecto, bottom, handwritten in black ink: "3rd Prize Picture at Arkell + Harrisons Photographic Contest Aug 1890"

Verso, center, printed in black ink: "Mrs. J.C. Kendall, / Norfolk, Conn."

Bottom, printed in black ink: "DUPLICATES CAN BE HAD BY ADDRESSING AS ABOVE"
Subject Terms
    Collections
    • Women Photographers
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase  1979.56.8  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Marie Kendall
    about 1890
    Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.1027  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical…
    Harriet V. S. Thorne
    about 1900
    2000.179.226  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Marie Kendall
    about 1900
    Gift of Jeanine Guerette, 2004.138.53  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    early 20th century
    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund  1996.114.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Marie Kendall
    after 1889
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.178.157  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
    Marie Kendall
    after 1889
    Museum purchase, 1973.99.1  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical So…
    Edwin Augustus Moore
    1888
    Museum purchase, 1981.6.1   © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Marie Kendall
    about 1914