Object number1987.53.85
Plantation House, Windsor, Mississippi
Date1953
Artist
Rosalie Thorne McKenna
(American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 x 13 1/2 in. (22.9 x 34.3 cm)
Matted: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
Matted: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by artist, right center in ink: Windsor; in pencil: Mississippi Plantation House / Miss 1[circled] #44; in ink: 1953; possibly by artist, lower left in pencil: 44; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.85
MarkingsOn verso, stamped center: PHOTO BY: / ROLLIE MCKENNA / 438 EAST 88 STREET / NEW YORK 28, N. Y. / TEL. ENRIGHT 9-3889 / Not To Be Reproduced / Without Permission. / Please Credit With Photo; stamped lower center: ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS
ProvenanceGift of the artistVassar Exhibitions
DescriptionColumns as remnants of plantation home, formerly Windsor mansion and now known as Windsor Ruins, in background with steer grazing in foreground and tree branches overheadTerms
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Rosalie Thorne McKenna
1958
Culture: American
