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Museum purchase, 1995.36.1647  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Two Men and a Rowboat on a Beach
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1647 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Two Men and a Rowboat on a Beach

PhotographerPhotographed by William G. Dudley American, 1877 - 1934
Date1916-1927
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA man is seated in a rowboat. He appears to be pouring coffee from a coffee pot into a cup. A second man is crouched on the beach, leaning into the rowboat; with his right hand on the crank of a meat grinder. The second man sits inside the boat and is pouring coffee from a pot into a cup. Water, possibly Fisher's Island Sound or Long Island Sound, is in the background. A large building on a point of land is in the distance.
Object number1995.36.1647
NotesSubject Note: These two men are also included in 1995.36.1619, 1995.36.1628, and 1995.36.1646. The grinding mechanims and coffee pot and cup are also visible in 1995.36.1619. (Agins 8/8/2013)
On View
Not on view
Gift of Marshal F. Merriman 2015.169.1 (c) 2016 Connecticut Historical Society
Nicholas J. Bogert
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.599, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1915
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.600, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1915
Gift of Susan Cifaldi, 2009.383.0  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1855-1856
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.400, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1911
Asia.
D. W. Kellogg & Co.
1830-1840
Museum purchase, 1961.105.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
United States Coast Survey
1847