Glass negative showing a group of women gathered on the Mount Desert Island dock, including Anna P. Sharpless, Anna H. Goodwin, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and possibly including Sallie Carter. The five women feign sadness by dabbing their eyes with handkerchiefs and resting dejected faces in their hands. They wear long dresses and hats. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Time: 2, Light: Poor light, sun almost down., 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.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
July 23, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1332]
