Gelatin silver print depicting partial view of Van Cortlandt Manor's first story facade: door, painted white, slightly ajar with pair of eight-pointed antlers above header; bow suspended from antlers; shutters slightly open; chairs on porch; metal numbers "A.D. / 1681" on wall between window and front door; reverse inscribed in black ink, "Door of Van Cortlandt Manor / House showing "loop-hole" / & date - The Indian / bow, hanging on the / moose horns belonged / to the Indian Sachem / who originally owned / the land".
Collection
Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Unknown
Attribution
Photographer
Date made
circa 1890
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
5-5/8 in
Width
4-1/2 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.3 x 11.4 cm)
Material
Gelatin silver print
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Overall fading, soil, and dents; crease upper right corner; silver oxidized.
General Notes
Note Type
General Note
Note
Image also appears in Jean Mason Browne's scrapbook, "Van Cortlandt Manor."
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14E
