Teviotdale, The Mansion House

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MP.2005.27

Description

Glass-plate negative depticing the front facade of a two-story domestic structure surrounded by overgrown vegetation: masonry structure with hipped roof, five bays, and central door; 12/12 double-hung windows with the exception of a central second story Palladian window; six-panel front door, slightly off center, surrounded by a porch supported by posts and hipped roof; the upper section of two basement windows left of front door; small porch right side; shed-like structures in left background; possible seated figure in wheelchair in front of shed; mature tree right side; smaller tree near front door; trees left side; foreground with wire and post fences, tall grass, and weeds.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Artist

Date made

circa 1900

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4 in

Width

5 in

Depth

1/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 x 5 x 1/16 in. (10.2 x 12.7 x 0.2 cm)

Material

Collodion emulsion, Glass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Emulsion losses around edges; emulsion lifting around two small areas of loss 1/4" from top and 1" from left side; glass soiled; accretion along front lower edge.

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found in a manilla envelope with family hand-writing identifying negative as, "Teviotdale / The Mansion House." Envelope has an index tab with "G / 17" written in black ink. Teviotdale, built circa 1773 and situated North of Montgomery Place, in Linlithgo, Coumbia County, was a Livingston-family house. Per Kate Johnson, the house was inherited by John Ross Delafield.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 30B

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial