THOMAS WENTWORTH STORROW

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.90.10 a-b

Description

a. Sepia-tone photograph [of a painting]; bust-length portrait of a young man, turned slightly to the right; hair worn in a upright peak, with short sideburns; full eyebrows; high shirt collar and cravat; dark jacket with raised lapels; three shiny metal buttons at PR; paper mounted to card; handwritten on back of card, in ink: "Thomas Wentworth Storrow/ born 1779 - died 1862./ married 1804 Sarah Phipps Brown." b. Frame: Dark wood with some plaster scallop and beaded details; glass; black faux leather backing with two metal rings at top quarter; handwritten on label on back of backing: "Thomas Wentworth/ Storrow/ Great Grandf./ of/ Wentworth Bacon"; handwritten on backing: "Thomas Wentworth Storrow/ Great grandfather of Wentworth Cruger Bacon."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Gilbert Stuart

Attribution

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Photographer

Date made

circa 1900

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.90.10

SS.90.10 a-b

SS.90.10 a-c

Dimensions

Dimension Description

photograph

Height

9 in

Width

7 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)

Dimension Description

frame

Height

10-1/4 in

Width

8-1/4 in

Depth

1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 1/2 in. (26 x 21 x 1.3 cm)

Material

Photographic emulsion on paper, Cardboard, Wood, Plaster, Glass

Condition

Notes

Remarks: a. Fair condition; b. Very poor condition; plaster trim broken off all around frame (one large piece found with frame); remaining bits very fragile; glass roughtly cut; wear to back where nails attached back to frame; tape affixed to glass.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Thomas Wentworth Storrow (1779-1862)

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Mrs. Wentworth Cruger Bacon (Katherine LaSalle Bacon) (1892-?)

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Photograph of a portrait currently still owned by the Storrow family, offered for sale to Historic Hudson Valley in 2017 [Jessa J. Krick, Collections Manager, 4/24/2017].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Object received new archival backing and the glass was removed and cleaned, 5/24/2017. Note: The faux leather backing is now separate from the frame; mylar strips are a tempoarary means of keeping all object together [Jessa Krick, Collections Manager].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's Office

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial

Note

The objects in this gift came from Mrs. (Katherine LaSalle) Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1892-?), whose husband, Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1880-1959) was the son of Catharine Paris Storrow Bacon (1843-1917).