Group in garden with Nathaniel Hawthorne
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1857
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 5/8 inches (16.67 × 21.91 cm)
Mount: 8 5/16 × 10 11/16 inches (21.11 × 27.15 cm)
Mount: 8 5/16 × 10 11/16 inches (21.11 × 27.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.51.66
SignedOn mount recto, bottom, in pencil: "R.[?].S" 1857"
InscribedFigures identified on mount recto, bottom, in black pen: "...Mr. Nataniel Hawthorne...in garden 14 St. Giles Street, Oxford"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top, in pencil: "4 . 7 / 3 . 10 1/2 / S . 5"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a group gathered beneath a tree on a sunny day. The men are dressed in suits with ties, vests, and long jackets. The women wear hats and dresses with full skirts; one woman shields her face with an umbrella. An arched trellis is in the lower right corner.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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