Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Old St. Peter's church. St. George's. Some of our party on steps. Godet Elwell, Miss Schenkl, Miss Clark Hendrickson & Mr. Field. [Bermuda] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1886
Date March 12, 1886
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing St. Peter's Church with various people standing on the front steps, including Godet Elwell, Miss Schenkl, Miss Clark Hendrickson, and Mr. Field. three men and a woman stand at the top of the stairs on the right and a man with a parasol and a second women stand below them. Two children wearing hats stand on the ground to the right. St. Peter’s Church, established after the first settlement of English colonists in Bermuda in 1612, was first built circa 1620 as a timber-framed building. After a hurricane razed the church in 1712, a new wood and stone church was built circa 1713-1714. This church went through numerous renovations, additions, and repairs into the 20th century, including the noted 1841 extension that created front steps and added Victorian Gothic decorations to the exterior. In 2012, at the church’s 400th anniversary, Queen Elizabeth designated the church as “Their Majesties Chappell.”
Notes Photographer remarks: Intens. 5/26
Time: P.M.
Light: Strong sun.
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 Elwell, Godet -- Portraits.
Saint Peter’s Church (Saint George, Bermuda Islands)
Churches -- Bermuda Islands.
Children.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Bermuda Islands.
Saint George (Bermuda Islands)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.848]
Accession number P.9895.848