Object number1987.53.13
Chapel at Newydd
Date1953
Artist
Rosalie Thorne McKenna
(American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (14 x 13 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper left corner in pencil: Llanybri / where Ann Jones / was buried; upper center in pencil: top; lower right center in ink: at / Chapel NEWYDD – where / Dylan Thomas’es aunt / Annie Jones is buried. / Carmarthenshire, Wales. / Dylan + his mother / in forground[sic] 1953 / # 9206 R1 #11; lower left corner in pencil: 9200 RI # 11; by unidentified hand, upper right corner in pencil: (41); lower left center in pencil: ROLLIE McKENNA / 438 E 88 St / NYC / EN 9-3889; lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.13
9206 R1 # 11, in pencil @ LL, bottom edge
MarkingsOn verso, stamped center: Photo By: / ROLLIE MCKENNA / ONE HANCOX STREET / STONINGTON, CONN. / AREA CODE 203 533-0110 / Not To Be Reproduced / Without Permission / Please Credit With Photo
BibliographyVariant: Bill Read, The Days of Dylan Thomas A Pictorial Biography (McGraw-Hill, 1964), 89.
Rollie McKenna, Portrait of Dylan, A Photographer's Memoir (Stemmer House, 1982), 47. ProvenanceGift of the artistDescriptionPhoto printed on top of photo (?) of elderly woman with cane and younger man in foreground walking towards a two story building with a white stone wall and gravestones
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