Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Title [Mary, Matilda & Bertha sitting on bank at side of front porch], [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1884
Date August 26, 1884
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing Martha Knox, Mary, and Bertha sitting in the grass next to a wooden fence at the Morris family home Avocado. The wall of the house is visible to the right. Knox on the left holds a sheaf of grain and the other two women fold their hands in their laps. The women wear long patterned dresses with aprons. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado. Mary and Bertha were her assistants.
Notes Same as last.
Photographer remarks: Lengthwise
Time: 4
Light: Fair
Nearly identical to plate 370.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject Knox, Matilda -- Portraits.
Morris family -- Homes and haunts.
Avocado (NJ : Estate)
Fashion.
Group portraits.
Vacation houses -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Associated name Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.371]
Accession number P.9895.371