Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Alice Austen on the porch of Clear Comfort] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
ca. 1884-1888 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a cardboard mount. A young Alice Austen, wearing a plaid dress, sits in a rocking chair and reads a newspaper on the porch of Clear Comfort, the Austen family home in Rosebank, Staten Island. The house interior is visible through the open door. The scene is framed by vines covering the porch trellises. (Keywords: Self Portrait, New York) |
Print size |
6 x 8 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photo of Alice Austen may be a self portrait, or it may have been taken by her Uncle Oswald Muller or her Uncle Peter Austen, both of whom were also amateur photographers. |
Earliest Date |
1884 |
Latest Date |
1888 |
Subjects |
Self-portraits Porches Houses Rocking chairs |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.2474 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 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. |