Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Parlor & piano |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
October 13, 1887 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Interior view of the parlor at Clear Comfort, the Austen family home in Rosebank, Staten Island. Furnishings include an upright piano, two upholstered chairs, a bookcase, and a table with books and a lamp. On the wall above the piano is an oval mirror with an ornate frame. On the piano is sheet music titled "Barbier de Seville." A banjo is laying flat on the top of the piano. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Seed / No. 181 / Parlor & piano / Sun only out at the end / 10.25 a.m. Stop 5. / Dalh lense 8 1/2 mins / Mon. Oct. 13th 1887." (Keywords: New York) |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Earliest Date |
1887 |
Latest Date |
1887 |
Subjects |
Houses Interiors Parlors Pianos |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6504 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, October 2017. |
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. |