Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Party on steps of wagonette |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
November 2, 1891 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Humorous view of four women picnicking near a small horse-drawn carriage. Miss Jenkins sits on the ground pouring a drink; Trude Eccleston is seated behind her, drinking from a bottle. Violet Ward leans against the carriage, looking inebriated, while her sister Caroline Ward stands on a carriage wheel and drinks from a glass. Two horses are partially visible in the background at right. The shadow of a person's head and shoulders is visible in the right foreground (perhaps Alice Austen's shadow while taking the photo). Location is Richmond Valley, Staten Island, New York. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "A&R / 40 / 231 / Party on steps of wagonette / Violet & Carrie Ward, Miss Jenkins / Trude E & a austen / Fine, bright sunny day / Inst 2.40 PM / W.L 10 ft / Mon Nov. 2nd 91." (Keywords: Posed Group) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Alice Austen often posed her friends in humorous vignettes. Here her friends Violet and Caroline Ward, Trude Eccleston, and Miss Jenkins pretend to be intoxicated. Austen took two other photos of the group on the same day. |
Earliest Date |
1891 |
Latest Date |
1891 |
Subjects |
Friendship Tableaux Carriages & coaches Picnics |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Eccleston, Gertrude Ward, Maria E. Ward, Caroline Constantia |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5569 |
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. |