Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
View from our window, at Presquile |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
August 23, 1888 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. View of the Hudson River and the mountains of the Hudson Highlands, New York, with an open field in the foreground and trees at left. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Seed 23 / 246 / View from our window, at Presquile / Fine clear day, breeze / 8.30 am / Stop 32 / 1 sec / Perkin lense / Thursday August 23d 1888 / Fishkill." |
Film Size |
6.5x8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photo was taken at the home known as Presqu'ile, in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. Presqu'ile was the home of Emily (Denning) Van Rensselaer and her daughter Emily, distant relatives of photographer Alice Austen. |
Earliest Date |
1888 |
Latest Date |
1888 |
Subjects |
Landscape photographs |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Van Rensselaer, Emily (Denning) |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6906 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, November 2019. |
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. |