Name/Title
"Strawbridge"Entry/Object ID
2012.011.001Description
Print, photographic. B/W photograph, hand-tinted, of an entrance to a property. Road in the foreground; entrance drive is flanked by a pair of stone columns, each has a stone globe at the top. Evergreen bushes in front of columns. Labeled in pencil below image "Strawbridge." Signed in pencil "Trois Soeurs." Overall size 4" x 4.875"; image size 2.625" x 3.625". Was framed in 2012.11.2.Acquisition
Accession
2012.011Source or Donor
Weller, Darleen W.Acquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
The Jones sisters had a studio in their home on Springfield Avenue in Sykesville. Fannie (b. 1881) wrote the histories that accompanied many of their photos. Ida (b.1882) graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art and did the hand-tinting in oils. Elsie (b.1885) did the photography. Their earlier works are signed "Trois Soeurs" and the later ones are signed "Jones Sisters."