WENTWORTH CRUGER BACON

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.90.7

Description

Small sepia-tone cabinet card-style portrait of the head of of a child; shoulder-length light hair with fringe at the forehead; mounted to card; printed on card at bottom left: "Thomas,"; printed at bottom right "717 6th Avenue."; handwritten on back in ink: "Wentworth Cruger Bacon/ aged two year and five/ months./ New-York/March 16th 1883."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

S. A. Thomas

Attribution

Photographer

Date made

1883

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

4 in

Width

2-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.2 x 6.4 cm)

Material

Photographic emulsion on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Card discolored; corners dented and bent especially at bottom; brown spots on image; image quite faded; card abraded at PR side.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1880-1959)

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

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

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found with note: "Wentworth Cruger Bacon/ son of Katherine S. Bacon/ "Dear Kate" Handwriting on back of photo is Kate's/ (Mrs. Francis McNeil Bacon)." Accessioned in 1990, catalogued in 2017 [Jessa J. Krick, Collections Manager, 4/13/2017].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial