Mark Twain in his Study

Date1872

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/16 × 6 inches (8.1 × 15.24 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3762

SignedOn image recto, lower left, in white type: "Ent. according to act of congress, in the year 1872 by E.M. VAN AKEN, / in the office of the Librarian of congress, at Washington."

InscribedOn mount verso, left edge, in black pen: "Samuel Clemens ("Mark / Twain," / in his study / on the Duarry Farm on / the hill east of Elmira / 1874 while engaged in / writing his "Gilded / Age."

MarkingsOn mount verso, right edge, in black pen: "A.S. Hooker / No. 316."

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DescriptionImage of a mustachioed man (Mark Twain) seated in profile with his legs crossed at a small wooden desk. He holds a pipe in his left hand. A hat rests on the seat of a nearby chair, books are stacked on the table, and two figurative statues are displayed on a ledge in the background.

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