Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Full length, with bouquet |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
September 19, 1892 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Portrait of Alice Austen seated in an ornate upholstered chair on the porch of Clear Comfort, the Austen family home in Rosebank, Staten Island. She holds a bouquet of roses in her lap. There is a throw rug at her feet, and next to her is a pedestal holding a potted palm in a vase. The porch is surrounded by plants and vines. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Seed 23 / Full length, with bouquet / (EAA) / Fine day, in shade on piazza / 3.[4?]5 p.m / P.L. / Stop 32 / 3 secs / Monday Sept 19th 1892." (Keywords: New York, Self Portrait) |
Film Size |
6.5 x 8.5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This image was published in the 1951 Life Magazine article "The Newly Discovered Picture World of Alice Austen," with this caption: "Alice Austen at 26 posed herself on front porch of her Staten Island home." |
Earliest Date |
1892 |
Latest Date |
1892 |
Subjects |
Self-portraits |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6695 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 2019. |
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. |