Harry Ripley
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datebefore 1894
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 1/2 x 4 5/16in. (14 x 11cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Gail Ripley
DescriptionStudio portrait of a man in a long rumpled coat and rumpled trousers, a vest and tie. A spotted handkerchief dangles from his pocket. He is smiling. He stands on a patterned rug or floor cloth in front of a painted backdrop.
Object number1994.148.17
MarkingsOn recto, lower margin, stamped in black ink, "Harry G. Ripley"InscribedOn verso: "Harry Ripley / originally from / Windham Ct. / an actor - died in Spokane, Wash."NotesSubject Note: Harry Ripley was twenty-two years old when he committed suicide by taking an overdose of morphine in his room in the Windsor Hotel in Spokane, Washington on September 26, 1894.On View
Not on view
