Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Carriage in front of the Regent Hotel] |
Object Name |
Negative, Film |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
1903 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original film negative. A large horse-drawn carriage (coach) pulled by four horses is stopped in front of the four-story Regent Hotel. The building has a portico with columns and inscription "REGENT". A man wearing a long coat and a top hat sits in the driver's seat, holding the reins; a woman sits next to him, looking at him. Another man wearing a top hat walks alongside the carriage. |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Photographer Alice Austen, a lifelong resident of Staten Island, took numerous trips to Europe. She took this photograph while visiting England in 1903. The Regent Hotel, built in 1819, is located in the town of Royal Leamington Spa, in Warwickshire. The building still stands as of 2016; it was refurbished and reopened in 2005 as a Travelodge Hotel. |
Earliest Date |
1903 |
Latest Date |
1903 |
Subjects |
Carriages & coaches Hotels |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.3533 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 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. |