Group portrait of nine of the Curtis children, 13019-B

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1892

GUSN

GUSN-385350

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Description

A group portrait of nine children from the Curtis family is shown in front of a stone wall with ivy. In the front row, they are Margaret Curtis, Harriot Sumner Curtis, Greely Stevenson Curtis, Jr., and Isabella Curtis, and in the back row, Elinor Curtis, Frazier Curtis, James Freeman Curtis, Frances Greely Curtis, and Harry Appleton Curtis. Each child is dressed in formal attire and they are posed closely together in front of a window.

Details

Descriptive Terms

men (male humans)
women (female humans)
children (people by age group)
group portraits
houses
residential structures
exterior views
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP016588
B-Series negative 13019-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC023

Collection Name

Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

Reference Code

PC023.001.001.13019-B

Record Details

Originator

Curtis, Harriot Appleton, 1841-1923 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

front row: Margaret Curtis, Harriot Sumner Curtis, Greely Stevenson Curtis, Jr., and Isabella Curtis; back row: Elinor Curtis, Frazier Curtis, James Freeman Curtis, Frances Greely Curtis, and Harry Appleton Curtis,

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