Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Party at lunch Richmond Valley woods |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
November 2, 1891 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Scene of four women picnicking in the woods; they sit on the ground in front of a carriage. Trude Eccleston is at left, Violet Ward is second from left, Caroline Ward is third from left, and the woman at right is identified in the photographer's inscription as Miss Jenkins; she is holding a glass in her left hand. A dog is in the center of the group. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "A&R / 40 / 230 / Party at lunch / Richmond Valley woods / Fine, bright day / 2.15 P.M / W.L. / 10 ft / Mon. Nov. 2nd / 1891." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Alice Austen posed this scene of her friends on a picnic in Richmond Valley, located on the south shore of Staten Island. |
Earliest Date |
1891 |
Latest Date |
1891 |
Subjects |
Friendship Picnics Carriages & coaches |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Ward, Caroline Constantia Ward, Maria E. Eccleston, Gertrude |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5508 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, December 2016. |
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. |