Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Alice Cornell Austen and cat] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
September 6, 1887 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Alice Cornell Austen stands on the lawn holding a cat in her arms. She is on the grounds of Clear Comfort, the Austen family house in Rosebank, Staten Island; a small section of the porch is visible behind her. (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This image was published in the 1951 Life Magazine article "The Newly Discovered Picture World of Alice Austen," with this caption: "Alice's mother had her picture taken in the yard holding family cat Tristan, a name Alice gave it after having seen Tristan and Isolde." |
Earliest Date |
1887 |
Latest Date |
1887 |
Subjects |
Pets Cats |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, Alice Cornell |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6606 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, August 2013. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |