Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Tennis group. Sallie Emlen, John Cope, Patty & Gertrude Mellor & Bess. In shade. [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1887
Date July 14, 1887
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a group portrait of Sarah Emlen, John Cope, Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Patty Mellor, Gertrude Mellor posed on a tennis court at Sea Girt. Three of the women sit on a bench and another women sits in the grass at their feet. The women all wear long, patterend dresses and hats. Only Elizabeth Morris in the center does not hold a tennis racquet. Cope stands behind them wearing a three-piece suit and hat.
Notes Time: 5:30
Light: Good sun.
The emulsion is discolored and heavily damaged on the upper portion of the plate.
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 Morris, Elizabeth Canby, 1867-1947 -- Portraits.
Emlen, Sarah, 1861- -- Portraits.
Cope, John -- Portraits.
Mellor, Pattie Portraits.
Mellor, Gertrude -- Portraits.
Fashion.
Group portraits.
Tennis -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1149]
Accession number P.9895.1149