Music Room, Battell-Stoeckel Mansion, Norfolk, Connecticut
PhotographerPhotographed by
Marie Kendall
American, 1854 - 1943
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver printing-out paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 7 13/16in. (11.4 x 19.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 7 13/16in. (11.4 x 19.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 3/16 x 8 7/16in. (13.2 x 21.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 7 13/16in. (11.4 x 19.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 5 3/16 x 8 7/16in. (13.2 x 21.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
DescriptionThe interior of a paneled room is hung with numerous oil paintings in gilt frames. A large fireplace at the right has an ornate clock, candelabra, figurines, and vases on the mantelpiece. A potted palm is on one side of the fireplace, a cart containing firewood is on the other. A kettle sits on the hearth. Furniture in the room includes upholstered chairs and sofas, cushions, and a large desk with what appears to be an oil lamp on it. Oriental rugs are on the floor.
Object number2014.103.11
InscribedOn verso, upper margin, in black ink, "Photographed and sent to cause Mr & Mrs Stoeckel to get homesick, and to return to us"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberOn View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
before 1898
1930 - 1940
