Name/Title
MRS. FRANCIS MCNEIL BACONEntry/Object ID
SS.90.9Description
Three-quarter length sepia-tone portrait of older woman, wearing day attire with wide leg-o-mutton sleeves, standing collar, and deep lace trim, extending down CF bust; gray and white hair, pinned up at the back; small floral earrings; photograph mounted to backing card; stamped in image, lower left: "DAVIS & SANFORD/N.Y."; stamped on card, lower left: "ARTIST PROOF/PHOTOGRAVURE"; handwritten at lower right, in pencil: "Davis & Sanford"; on reverse, printed: "Order Duplicates by this No. and Letter [in pencil: 15127-6] / DAVIS & SANFORD/ ARTIST-PHOTOGRAPHERS/ 246, Fifth Aveune/ NEW YORK USA/BY APPOINTMENT/ HRH EULALIA/Minuatures on Ivory a Specialty/ Pastels and Crayons"; two coats-of-arms, one of the photographers with the motto "AMAT VICTORIA CURAM", the other of HRH Eulalia; handwritten in pencil: "Mrs. Frances McNeil Bacon/ nee Kate Storrow/ J. A. L."Made/Created
Manufacturer
Davis & SanfordDate made
circa 1890Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
(See Description)Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
8-7/8 inWidth
8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 8 in. (22.5 x 20.3 cm)Material
Photographic emulsion on paperCondition
Notes
Remarks: Mounted to backing board, surrounded by many glue accretions and water/glue marks; roughly cut from frame, with irregular edges at top and bottom; deep partial cut marks in backing boards; some discoloration to photo, brown at PR side and top of image, with ghost of previous matting.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Catharine Paris Storrow Bacon (1842-1917)Notes
SubjectPerson or Organization
Mrs. Wentworth Cruger Bacon (Katherine LaSalle Bacon) (1892-?)Notes
Former ownerGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's OfficeNote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial