Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Hall & staircase |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 24, 1887 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Interior view of the entry hall at Clear Comfort, the Austen family home in Rosebank, Staten Island. A staircase and an exterior door are seen at right; the door to the parlor is at left. The room is furnished with a Federal style sofa; items displayed on the walls include a mirror, a barometer, a clock on a shelf that has a carved gargoyle, framed prints, a painting, a basket, and a thermometer. A powder horn made from an animal horn hangs from the mirror, and a stirrup with a spur hangs on the wall to the left of the mirror. The wallpaper is in the Anglo-Japanese style. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Seed / No. 179 / Hall & staircase / Sun going in & out flashed light / 9.15 am Stop 5 / Dalh lense / 10 mins. / Mon. Oct. 24th 1887." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1887 |
Latest Date |
1887 |
Subjects |
Houses Interiors Halls Sofas Mirrors |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6497 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, March 2018. |
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. |