About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0125
  • TitleJames Gordon Bennett monument
  • SummaryTomb in Green-Wood Cemetery showing carving of kneeling woman in prayer on stepped pedestal; angel standing with cherub on top of monument; bare trees and other tombs and grave markers in background; carving on tomb reads, "James Gordon Bennett, Died June 1, 1872, Aged 77 years."
  • Date[1938]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteAuthor's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectBennett, James Gordon, 1795-1872 -- Tomb ; Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.) ; Sepulchral monuments
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection