Gelatin silver print depicting Van Cortlant Manor's gardens: in the foreground, a formal garden with circular beds; in the rear, a shrub border and vegetable bed; figure with white shirt in shrub border; large, mature trees and river in background; reverse inscribed in black ink, "Garden at Van Cortlandt Manor House".
Collection
Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Unknown
Attribution
Photographer
Date made
circa 1890
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
6-1/8 in
Width
4-5/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (15.6 x 11.7 cm)
Material
Gelatin silver print
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Overall fading, soil, and dents; right corners creased; 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
