Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Nellie, Miss Butler & children laughing |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
March 7, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Members of the Austen family pose on the steps of a house. Two boys and a girl stand with their arms outstretched on each other's shoulders, and two women are on the steps behind them. A doll sits on the stairs behind the children; a wicker baby carriage is visible on the porch. The photographer's initials are inscribed in the lower left corner of the negative: "E.A.A." |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Peter T. Austen, photographer Alice Austen's uncle, lived in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was a professor of chemistry at Rutgers College. This photo features Peter's wife Nellie (left) and their children William Munroe (left), Elizabeth Patty (center), and Oswald (right). The woman at right was their governess, Miss Butler. The photograph was taken in New Brunswick, most likely at the family's home. |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Family Children |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Austen, Peter Townsend Austen, Nellie (Munroe) Austen, William Munroe Austen, Oswald Townsend Austen, Elizabeth Patty |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5430 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 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. |