Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' second cousin once removed Anna Tatnall and Morris' Uncle Charles Rhoads' niece Hannah Rhoads sitting on large rocks looking over Eagle Lake at Mount Desert Island. Various small boats float near the shore while two roling hills rise on the opposite shore. 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., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 4:55, Light: Fair 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.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
July 16, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1320]