Print, Photographic

1949.059.0007

1949.059.0007

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1949.059.0007

Description

Men eating and drinking on a picnic between 1895-1900. Update - 2009: Black & white print. Snapshot. Mounted on off-white matboard with patterned border. Image of a group of 13 men posed in a field in front of a tree. All are casually dressed & wearing hats. Man at far left playing a banjo; next man from left playing guitar. Man seated at left appears to be cradling a cheese box with a large chunk of cheese on top; he also appears to have a chunk of cheese in his mouth. Most of the rest of the men are holding cups; two men by tree are pouring from a keg. Written on back in black ink in lower right corner of image: "B.K.F." Written in black ink in upper left corner of mat: "No. 59" Written on back in black ink: "Sometime between 1895 & 1900" "Given by E.L. (Dutch) Rankin - Rawlins, Wyo". "1 Bing Price 2 [blank] 3 [blank] 4 Fritz Dennison 5 [blank] 6 W. W. Daley 7 [blank] 8. [blank] 9 [blank] seated 10 Hugh Murray 11 [blank] 12 [blank] Stamped on back in black ink: "355 23 mmm". Written on back in pencil: "Picnics". Mounted on acidic matboard. Mat back yellowed & soiled. Nail holes in upper mat edges; one torn through to edge. Edge & corner damage. Mat front badly soiled. Mat bent diagonally in upper right - emulsion cracked. Emulsion surface soiled & scratched.

Collection

Photograph Collection