Cadets on Parade, Episcopal Academy, Cheshire
Date1875-1879
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/2 x 9 7/16in. (19 x 24cm)
Credit LineMuseum collection
DescriptionGroup of young men in uniforms lined up in ranks. Four carry drums. They stand on a dirt road lined with lampposts and a picket fence. A rail fence lines the sidewalk at the right. A brick building with a mansard roof and a square tower is in the left background, partially hidden by trees, including an elm. The tree at the far left appears to be a hemlock.
Object number2000.209.9
InscribedOn verso: "The pupils of The Episcopal Academy, Chesire, Conn,, / (then a military school) about the year 1877, when / John Stone Morrison, of Windsor, Conn. was studying there. / His sister, Miss Jeannette B. Morrison gave me this / photograph. December 5, 1907 - after his death."On View
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