Name/Title
Mother McKinley by the FireplaceEntry/Object ID
2015.4.96Description
Sepia on card stock. Photo of Mother McKinley sitting in her rocking chair in front of the fireplace in her Canton home. The print has the copyright of "Leo D. Weil, 1895" in the lower left corner of the front. According to the seller's listing on ebay.com: "1800'S PHOTOGRAPH OF US PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY'S MOTHER This Photo was purchased along with other items from his sister's estate." The back is plain, except for a handwritten "6" near the top.
According to the October 23, 1897 New York Times:
(http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A07E7D91330E333A25750C2A9669D94669ED7CF)
"Leo D. Weil Insane. The Well-Known Pgotographer a Victim of Christian Science Chicago, Oct. 22--Leo D. Weil, well known for his improvements in photography and for his work in illustrating magazine articles, has become insane. Brooding over Christian Science is said to have unhinged his mind. Leo D. Weil was introducred to the notice of the New York art public last Winter, when an exhibition of his photographs was given at Klackner's gallery. Young Weil, although self-taught, astonished even professional photographers by his artistic perception, skill in grouping, and composition, seizing of character expression, and particularly in his management of light. His work was most favorably noticed and commennted upon, and brought him much reputation."Collection
ScarmuzziAcquisition
Accession
2015.4.0Source or Donor
Patricia A. ScarmuzziAcquisition Method
Gift