Interior of an Unidentified House
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 1/16in. (9.5 × 10.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 15/16 × 4 7/8in. (10 × 12.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 15/16 × 4 7/8in. (10 × 12.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionInterior view of an unidentified home. The walls are bare and wooden. There is a telephone hanging on the wall to the right. In the middle of the view is a door, with a metal handle. A pine branch hangs over the lintel. To the left is a brick fireplace that has a kettle hanging in it. A chair sits in front of the fireplace. There are assorted knick-knacks on the mantlepiece. Up above it hang two dead birds with their wings spread out. There is a potted plant on the mantle, another next to the door, and a third on a table under the telephone.
Object number1988.133.475
InscribedHandwritten on envelope by project cataloger: "Interior view of unidentified house, probably / a vacation home. / to rt: early model telephone on wall, in center / is a fireplace w/tea kettle, decorated mantel, / wood panel walls, chinese lantern hanging from / ceiling"NotesNegative of 1988.85.138.141 (photograph in album)On View
Not on view
1890
