Grover Cleveland at Prospect House, Upper Saranac Lake, New York, August 22, 1884
PhotographerPhotographed by
Thomas Sedgwick Steele
American, 1845 - 1903
Date1884
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 7 7/8in. (12 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionTwo men are seated on the porch of a large frame hotel building. Another man stands nearby. All have beards or mustaches and wear suits and hats. The man in the center smoking a cigar is Grover Cleveland. The man at the right holding a cable in his hand is the photographer Thomas Sedgwick Steele. Additional men and chairs are in the right background. A lake is in the left background beyond a grassy lawn.
Object number1963.75.0.4
InscribedOn verso: "Taken instantaneously, and without the / knowledge of… Gov. Cleve- / land and the gentleman on his right. The one leaning against the pillar pulled a string and / took the picture." "Hon. Grover Cleveland at Prospect House / Upper Saranac Lake / Aug. 22 1884 Adirondacks."On View
Not on view
Thomas Sedgwick Steele
1881
Charlotte Steele Wadsworth
Charlotte Steele Wadsworth
