Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[William Allaire Shortt painting at an easel] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
ca. 1890 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Interior view. William Allaire Shortt, seen in profile, sits in a Windsor chair. He is in front of an easel that holds a painting of puppies; he rests his feet on the base of the easel. He holds a paintbrush in his right hand and a palette in his left hand. A framed landscape painting is on the wall behind him; a small work table with drawers is behind his chair. Location unknown, but probably Staten Island. (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
6.5x8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
William Allaire Shortt (1859-1915), a relative of photographer Alice Austen, was a prominent lawyer and a New York State Assemblyman from Richmond County. The Shortt family resided in Tompkinsville, Staten Island. |
Earliest Date |
1885 |
Latest Date |
1900 |
Subjects |
Artists Paintings Interiors |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Shortt, William Allaire |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6855 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, January 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. |