Group of Women
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datelate 19th century
MediumPhotography; collodion print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (10.8 x 16.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (10.8 x 16.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 3/8in. (18.4 x 23.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (10.8 x 16.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 3/8in. (18.4 x 23.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Charlene Stephens
DescriptionThirteen women pose outdoors in front of a flowering hydrangea bush. The four women in the front row are seated. The other women stand behind them. Some women wear eyeglasses. Some are elderly and the rest appear to be middle-aged.
Object number2011.227.9
InscribedOn verso, in pencil, "Mrs. Ensley Starling / Mrs. Carrie Harrison / Mrs. Eleanor Parmelee / Mrs. Ellen Curlow / Mrs. Julia Knowles / Mrs. Jennie Miller / Mrs. Belle Norton / Mrs. Lizzie Post / Miss Ida Wilcox / Mrs. Carrie Comstock / Mrs. Julia Bull / Mrs. Irene Jones / Mrs. Whittelsey / Mrs. Phebe Read"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The women appear to members of some kind of club or organization. Thus far it has not been possible to identify the group, but Ensley Starling was living in Ivoryton, CT in 1910 and some of the other names appear to be associated with the lower Connecticut River Valley and Connecticut shore. (Finlay 7/2/2011)On View
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