Alfred Montel
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1914
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 1/8 × 3 1/8in. (10.5 × 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.1 × 8.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/8 × 3 3/8in. (11.1 × 8.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of Alfred Montel sitting on the front porch of a log cabin, with his feet resting on the ground. There is a step up to his right, and a doorway. There is a broom propped against the cabin wall behind him, and a large window over his head. There are bags sitting on the porch to his left, under a sign that is written in French and in English about putting out your fire.
Object number1988.133.436
InscribedHandwritten by project cataloger on envelope: "View of Alfred Montel, probably a guide, / sitting on the front step of a log cabin in / Canada during the hunting trip of / Mary Pierson (Cheney), Horace Bushnell Cheney, / HBC, Jr. and Stephen Pierson Cheney / c. 1914"NotesNegative of 1988.175.10.64 (photograph in album)Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
