Photographic image of Montgomery Place on two glass plates, bound together by black tape; vertical image shows western front entrance of house and window of second floor library is visable; large trees on left and right; shadow of unseen tree falls across front of image; image framed and flanked by black area; "71-79 W. 45th ST N.Y.C." vertically printed in gold letters on left side; entire glass piece framed by black tape, neatly folded in mitred corners; small rectangular sticker, upside down, in lower left corner which reads "MONTGOMERY / ON / HUDSON;" reverse shows reverse image with thick, black vertical streaks on either side of frame of thin black streaks; tape folded in mitered corners at upper right, left and lower left; tape peeling in upper right corner
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Edward Van Altena
Attribution
Photographer
Artist
Unknown
Attribution
Artist
Date made
circa 1930 - 1940
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
3-1/2 in
Width
4 in
Depth
1/4 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 4 x 1/4 in. (8.9 x 10.2 x 0.6 cm)
Material
Glass, emulsion, Paint, Tape
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Image of house and trees clear and sharp; tape frame aound image in good condition with some creasing at lower right and left corners; signs of emulsion damage along upper right of front, under tape; reverse shows signs of emulsion damage along sides of reverse of tape frame; substance stains on reverse right and left; blue emulsion stains (slender lines) on both left and right of image; finger marks, accretions and surface dirt.
General Notes
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 30B