Mrs. Thomas Brockway

ID: SIA2011-0276 and 32280-6

Creator: Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1935

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433 Ruel P. Tolman Collection, Box 3, Folder 1 Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, "A-N"

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Summary

  • Image of Mrs. Thomas Brockway (Rosamond Jean Lambert) (1899-1992), art historian, sitting in front of filled bookcases, probably in the Smithsonian "Castle", as she looks at the photographer .
  • Jean L. Brockway, wrote several pieces about artists and miniatures. Her husband, Thomas Parmelee Brockway was a historian. Tolman, the photographer of this image, was a miniature artist, making a connection between him and Mrs. Brockway.

Subject

Brockway, Rosamond Jean Lambert 1899-1992

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • The image was taken by Ruel P. Tolman, Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts, and is included in a scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C. scenes (Section B).
  • For another image of Mrs. Brockway facing forward, see Neg. SIA2011-0277.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433 Ruel P. Tolman Collection, Box 3, Folder 1 Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, "A-N"

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1935

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Women
  • Art
  • Books and reading
  • Shelving for books
  • Authors
  • Portrait miniatures, American
  • History
  • Books
  • Art--History

Place

United States

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-0276 and 32280-6

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 2.25w x 2.25h ; Type of Image: Person, Candid ; Medium: Photographic print

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