JULIA GRINNELL STORROW

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.90.8

Description

Three-quarter length sepia-tone portrait of a young woman, looking over her left shoulder; wearing a light-colored evening dress, wide neckline, short sleeves; seated on pierced-back chair; elaborate hairstyle; chain necklace; oval print on rectangular paper, mounted to rectangular card; printed on back: "Sarony's/ Imperials/ 680 Broadway, N. Y."; handwritten on back in ink: "Julie G. Cruger"; handwritten on back in pencil: "grand niece of/ Washington Irving"; other illegible notes scribbled over in pencil.

Collection

Irving Manuscript Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Sarony & Company

Date made

1866 - 1868

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SS.90.9

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

4-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)

Material

Photographic emulsion on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Image discolored, yellowed and faded; ballpoint pen mark at lower right of image; scattered brown spots overall, and inside image margins; corners bent, especially at top; scribbled-out notes on back.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. Wentworth Cruger Bacon (Katherine LaSalle Bacon) (1892-?), Julia (Julie) Grinnell Storrow Cruger/Chance (1847-1920)

Notes

Former owner

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found with note: "PHOTO (faded) Julia G (rinnell) Cruger/ 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 seated figure/ (Imprint:) Sarony Imperials.... [see Description]" Accessioned in 1990, cataloged in 2017.

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial