Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Portrait of Maud Morgan] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Studio or Publisher |
Underwood & Underwood |
Date |
ca. 1910s |
Description |
Original B&W print. Portrait of Maud Morgan standing against a painted backdrop. She wears a velvet dress with decoration of stylized leaves and curling vines down the front; over the dress she wears a velvet mantle trimmed with feathers. The dress and mantle are now part of the Staten Island Historical Society collection [catalog number C01.1018]. Inscription at lower left: "Underwood + Underwood / Fifth Av NY." (Keywords: New York City) |
Print size |
10 x 8 |
Acquisition |
Gift of Anne Keller Geraci |
Ownership and History |
Maud Morgan (1860-1941), an accomplished harpist, lived part of her life on Bloomingdale Road in Pleasant Plains, Staten Island. She was a performer of great longevity who was honored with a golden jubilee at Carnegie Hall in 1924. Underwood and Underwood was a large American photography firm; its New York office in the 1910s specialized in entertainment publicity and celebrity portraits. |
Earliest Date |
1910 |
Latest Date |
1920 |
Subjects |
Portrait photographs Musicians |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Morgan, Maud |
Catalog Number |
13.008.0009 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, January 2016. |
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. |